Missing Korean War vet with dementia found more than 200 miles from home after wife spots 91-year-old on TV
By David Propper
Published Dec. 4, 2024, 11:53 p.m. ET
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A missing 91-year-old Korean War vet with dementia was found more than 200 miles away from his Wyoming home — when his worried wife spotted him on an evening newscast two days after he wandered off.
Avril Black’s concern was mounting after her spouse Michael Black vanished after he left their Afton home on Nov. 25, leading her to report him missing the next morning, according to a local report.
While authorities reportedly gathered he had hitchhiked his way to Ovid, Idaho, and then traveled down to Garden City, Utah, he was in the wind from there.
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I’m glad this hero was not found dead somewhere. As a society, we need better systems to find individuals who “wander away”.
Air Tags? Angel Sense devices? Medical Alert bracelets? Even Tattoos?
I would believe that local police should be the first point of contact. Amber alerts for the local area could be issued. Shelters, churches, and vet organizations could be involved.
(When I get a NIXIE alert, I pay attention to it. Never “found” anyone, but I look when out and about.)
Hopefully, we’ll get better at caring for members of the human race, who through no fault of their own, need help.
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