Here is Logan Mitcheltree's picture, and a link to another story...
Search for Missing Boy Continues
I just pray that he has found his way into a barn, and is snuggling down there. Father, You hear me calling to you...
Posted on 12/19/2004 11:52:09 PM PST by Former Military Chick
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Hundreds of volunteers searched for a missing 9-year-old boy, who is autistic and unable to speak, as temperatures dropped.
Logan Mitcheltree was last seen around 5 p.m. Saturday wearing a long-sleeved gray shirt, blue jeans and brown slippers. He remained missing early Monday, a Lycoming County emergency dispatcher said.
Temperatures dropped to 15 degrees Sunday night, with winds making it feel close to zero.
More than 350 people had signed up for search parties, directed from a command post set up at a fire station.
For safety reasons, only emergency personnel were asked to continue searching after dark, said South Williamsport Police Chief Rexford Lowmiller.
Does not say if they issued an Amber Alert but still the internet can be a useful tool.
Our local news said that computer played a huge part in finding the gal that murdered a mother and stole the child. So, maybe we can send this to friends and family.
Sure. The rest of us are goobers who can't use a flashlight. This sort of "emergency elitism" just has to stop.
Urgent prayers sent!
While I agree with your comment, I have a feeling that the officials did not want folks out in extreme temperatures at night, the fear of not only looking for the child but also looking for someone who is searching.
That is just a thought. Frankly with all the electronics we have anyone should have been allowed to help search.
Yeah. the thing that gets me is they'll turn away hale and hearty volunteers in favor of "official" personnel who have been at Dunkin' Donuts a few too many times ... Just because they're "official."
No, it's as the other poster stated - while you're searching for a lost boy who could die in the cold, you don't want to have to put resources into finding people who have more willingness to help than ability.
I could tell you a story about how my husband jumped into a cool lake at night in his underwear searching for two kids while the "official" rescue people just stood around....
It wouldn't surprise me. But good going to your husband!
God, help this little boy, and please lead him to his rescuers. Father, You told me to pray to You, and that is what I'm doing - coming to You, asking for a miracle. In Jesus name, I ask it...
Here is Logan Mitcheltree's picture, and a link to another story...
Search for Missing Boy Continues
I just pray that he has found his way into a barn, and is snuggling down there. Father, You hear me calling to you...
As a volunteer firefighter who has been on several large scale search and rescue operations, I can tell you more than one story about a well meaning "un-official" rescue worker who had to be found in addition to the "official" lost person.
Two weeks ago, we had a lost hunter that was diabetic and bi-polar. There were over 200 people in the search party, two choppers, 20 dogs, it was a massave operation and the coordinators had a big job putting trained people in the right places. Jumping into a lake is one thing and your husband is a great guy, but a search over a possible several hundred acres of wooded area is something else, think about this before you hit the post button.
Tom
I understand how you feel. However, SAR is not just about finding the person. It's also about finding clues so you can make projections about the person's whereabouts so that you can marshal the resource to contain and find that person faster. Sometimes untrained SAR people miss and inadvertently destroy, those very important clues. That being said, I think the not allowing volunteer night searchers is more about legal liability and safety.
That's because they are Fast Eddie Rendel's official folks. Fast Eddie is the Governor who tried to cut off the military vote in the election -- he made it impossible for the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan to vote in the election for president -- the ballot with Nader was invalid, and the new ballot could not reach our troops in time and be sent back by the deadline.
Fast Eddie'snonsense did partially get thrown out in court. But Freepers owe Fast Eddie on two counts -- this one and the Freeper Don Smart case -- the Freeper beat up by Union thugs on the orders of Fast Eddie when he was Mayor of Pennsylvania town.
A boy like that [autistic] is probably someone that Jesus will embrace for Christmas -- so if he is not found in time -- he might spend Christmas with Jesus in heaven.
I have known children who have loved ones that they know are in heaven, and it does not bother them since they are with Jesus. It is just the loved ones will miss this boy -- if he is not found.
God bless and Merry Christmas to all.
Y'know.... If I were a parent of an autistic kid, and was worried about him running off, it would be nice if there was some sure-fire way of being able to track him. A radio tracking something or other, perhaps -- say, a bracelet that the little guy couldn't take off.
My prayers go up for this boy, and his family. God's protection over Logan Mitcheltree. Lord, please protect this young man. Surround him with a hedge of protection. Provide his family with comfort and peace. Surround them with your love. In Jesus' precious name. Amen
Blessings,
trussell
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Prayers up.
Carolyn
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