Autistic teen rescued at White Sands

Santa Fe New Mexican Tuesday 17th January, 2012

ALBUQUERQUE - Search and rescue workers on Monday found an autistic teenager who had wandered away from his family during a weekend outing at White Sands National Monument and spent the night among the sand dunes with no food or water. The rescue came a week after a successful search for an Oklahoma couple who got lost at the monument while tr...


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