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Viewer Sees Story On Channel 4, Helps Autistic Boy

CANTON TOWNSHIP, Pa. --

A Pittsburgh organization said it was inspired to take action after watching a story on Channel 4 Action News about a 10-year-old autistic boy who wandered away from home."I heard it actually on WTAE and I contacted Janelle Hall," said Cindy Waeltermann, of the Autism Center of Pittsburgh.Bradley Dallatore, who is autistic, went missing from his Canton Township, Washington County, home for two hours Sunday night.On Wednesday, Waeltermann met with the Dallatores to give them a device that will hopefully prevent that from happening again."We weren't aware there was anybody out there that helped with these devices. We had thought about looking into getting one and weren't sure how we were going to accomplish that," said father Robert Dallatore.The device can be worn on the ankle and can be picked up by any police station."You have to be on your toes 24/7, 365, there is no break. These bracelets provide families with children that run with a bit of peace of mind," said Waeltermann.The tracking bracelet will also give the family its first trip to the beach in five years."It was a scary thought of going back to the beach and chasing him down the beach, but knowing this, I will be able to maybe enjoy the beach a little this year," said his mother, Linda Dallatore.

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Missing autistic boy was reunited with his family

WASHINGTON, Pa. -- A 10-year-old autistic boy was reunited with his family Sunday after he wandered five miles from his house in Canton Township.

Bradley Dalltore was found shortly before 11 p.m. wearing only his underwear near Washington Park and Dunn Road.

Police said he had walked five miles, barefoot, from his home along Circle Road. The boy was missing for about 90 minutes.

The search for the missing boy was a total community effort, as neighbors, volunteer firefighters and police came out to help.

"Everybody came together," said the boy's father, Bob Dallatore. "We are really appreciative to everyone who came out -- all the neighbors who really helped us.”

Bradley’s parents said his condition makes him eager to get away. State police said the boy walked across roadways and even along the railroad tracks.

“I just want to thank everybody,” said Bradley’s mother, Linda. “My neighbors I'm not sure I even knew that I had, the police officers, the men flying the helicopter, the firemen, the EMS, everybody who came out. Thank you very much. He's safe. Thank you."

The boy was found by a neighbor outside Washington Park.

Chi Tang, 67, Missing in Chinatown Philly

Man missing in Chinatown

Authorities are seeking the public's help in locating a disabled man who police say has been missing since Friday. Chi Tang, 67, was last seen leaving his residence on Akron Street near Magee Avenue on Friday, about 11 a.m., on his way to a dentist appointment near 8th Street in Chinatown.

Tang, who suffers from Alzheimer's and dementia, is 5 feet tall and weighs 100 pounds. He was last seen wearing a gray-hooded jacket, black pants and black shoes. Anyone with information is asked to call Northeast Detectives at 215-686-3153, or call 9-1-1.

Search and Rescue seeking Grant

Roger Tobias spent last week hunched over a table in his Tobyhanna home, poring over grant applications and paperwork as he tried to find a way to keep the East Penn Technical Search and Rescue group in operation past Feb. 1.

"I'm filling out a grant form right now," Tobias, the East Penn Search and Rescue chief, said last week. "By our count we need about $2,000 by Jan. 31, and probably a little sooner so we can get it in the mail before then. It just doesn't look like we're going to get it."

The nonprofit, volunteer search and rescue group has been helping local firefighters and law enforcement agencies find missing or stranded hikers, hunters and campers for the past 17 years.

But with 21 members and more than 30 different search events in 2009 — mostly lost hunters and campers — the group needs to buy worker's compensation insurance for its members to guard against injuries that could happen during a search, Tobias said. That insurance is the main cost that could sideline the group's searchers.

"It's just a crying shame," Tobias said. "We just don't know where to turn. We've got some of our members that are pretty depressed. We really don't want to have to cease our services. We need financial help and we need it soon."

East Penn's search crews are all highly trained and state certified to perform rescues.

Most group members pay for their training and some equipment out of their own pockets — the added cost of insurance would be too heavy.

In November, search crews from East Penn Search and Rescue helped find a man with Alzheimer's disease who went missing near Saylorsburg. East Penn's search teams also spent four days in September looking for two missing teens near the Carbon County section of Indian Mountain Lakes before the pair was found safe.

When people go missing in the wilderness, Tobias said, firefighters or police will call the East Penn Search and Rescue teams to bring their training and equipment to aid the search.

"We never really know what it's going to be or when," Tobias said of their searches.

"The search areas can be very large. Every hour that a subject is not detected, the search area grows four times in size. In three hours you could be looking at a 28-mile search area."

But without the ability to pay for insurance for search team members, the group could possibly have to stop responding to search calls.

"If we get a call that first week of February, I just know that's when we're going to have someone get hurt and not have any kind of disability insurance for them."

Donations can be sent to East Penn Technical Search and Rescue, 219 Laurel Drive, Tobyhanna, PA 18466, or visit www.eastpennsar.com for more information.

Hector Rosado, 73, Found

MILTON — An elderly man who does not speak English and had wandered away from his home was found by a High Street couple, who took him inside and helped him warm up before he was reunited with his family.

“Our dog found him,” said Margaret Traendly, of 148 High St. “My husband heard him barking and looked out and saw him shuffling down the street.”

Hector Rosado, 73, was last seen at his Filbert Street home, several blocks away, at about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.

He suffers from Alzheimer’s disease and does not speak English, his family told authorities. They reported him missing to Milton police at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, and officers from Milton, along with Lewisburg and state police officers, firefighters and other volunteers began a search.

Traendly said it was about 8:10 a.m. Wednesday when her husband saw the man in the street. He roused her from bed, and they went out to help the man.

“He could barely move when we brought him into the house,” she said. “I knew we had to raise his body temperature.”

The National Weather Service in State College said the overnight temperature Tuesday dipped to 18 degrees.

She found an electric heating pad and put it under his feet and wrapped him in a blanket. She made him a cup of hot chocolate.

“He was so cold at first he couldn’t talk, and as he warmed up, he began to mutter and babble. I couldn’t understand him,” she went on.

On a whim, she said, she uttered the one phrase of Spanish she knew: “Que pasa?” — “What’s up?”

He perked up, she said, and her husband went to get their neighbors, the Riveras, who speak Spanish. “They came over and spoke to him, and they heard the name Rosado,” she said. “They knew of the family and made a couple of calls and found out who he was.”

Shortly after, she said, members of Rosado’s family came to their house and took him home.

“I have great faith in God, and I believe God put him there for us to find,” Traendly said. “He was nearly done, and then we found him.”

“His family was wonderful,” she said. “Everything worked out, and we’ve made some new friends. It’s going to be a good new year.”

The Traendlys moved to Milton four years ago from New York after Jim retired from the Long Island Railroad.

Hector Rosado Located

MILTON — Rescue personnel were assembling at around 7:30 this morning in Milton to search for a 73-year-old Alzheimer’s patient who vanished on Tuesday.

According to Union County Emergency Services, Hector Rosado was last seen at around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the area of Filbert Street.

He was located Wednesday sometime around 9 a.m. His condition was not immediately made available

Ann Walton Stum Returned Safely

A 72-year-old woman who went missing Dec. 24 was found and returned home safely, according to state police at Carlisle. Ann Walton Stum, address unknown, drove her grandson to work at Fire Mountain on Route 11 in Silver Spring Township at 11:45 a.m. Christmas Eve. She did not return home after that, police said, noting that she suffers from dementia and has very limited short-term memory.

Anna Mary Pandolph Found

IRWIN, Pa. -- It was a happy ending to a frightening story on Friday morning -- a frantic search for a missing elderly woman ended with her being found safe and sound.The Irwin Borough Police Department said 88-year-old Anna Mary Pandolph went missing from a Ninth Street home early Friday morning"I thank God. I thank Jesus. And I thank St. Anthony. I prayed the whole way here from Greensburg," said Dot Omelite, Pandolph's niece.Around 5:30 a.m. Friday, Pandolph's daughter woke up and realized her mother was not in the house and she didn't know where she had gone or for how long. When she couldn't find her mother, she called police.Channel 4 Action News' Ari Hait reported search and rescue teams scoured Pandolph's Irwin neighborhood for hours, even using search dogsIt wasn't until around 7:30 a.m. that Pandolph was found. It turns out she'd been two houses down the whole time, sitting in a neighbor's car.Steve Basick said he was walking his dog when he got curious about the police activity and learned of the search. He told Hait he looked over at a black car in a nearby driveway and saw an elderly woman in the front seat."I walked up to her and said, 'What's your name?' And she said, 'Anna Mary.' And I said, 'Are you all right?' And she said, 'Yeah, I'm fine,'" said Basick.Basick alerted police, who told Pandolph's family."She thought she was sitting in her daughter's car and she was ready to go. And I said, 'No, where were you going?' And she said, 'I thought I was coming up to your house,'" Omelite said.Omelite said her aunt does not quite have dementia but she does get confused sometimes. Paramedics checked Pandolph out and said she is fine."I walked her down here to her daughter's house and she's in there saying, 'I don't know what all this is about. I was just going for a walk,'" Omelite said.

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