{"id":1592,"date":"2007-11-19T07:33:18","date_gmt":"2007-11-19T12:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2007\/11\/19\/autistic-teen-found-after-night-in-uvas-canyon\/"},"modified":"2007-11-19T07:33:18","modified_gmt":"2007-11-19T12:33:18","slug":"autistic-teen-found-after-night-in-uvas-canyon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2007\/11\/19\/autistic-teen-found-after-night-in-uvas-canyon\/","title":{"rendered":"Autistic teen found after night in Uvas Canyon"},"content":{"rendered":"

From this morning’s Mercury News, a story about a boy lost overnight at Uvas Canyon County Park. He was out on a hike Saturday with his family.
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For 18 terrifying hours, her 15-year-old autistic son, who doesn’t speak, was lost in the wooded hills west of Morgan Hill.<\/p>\n

Danny Barrett was found wet and cold, but safe, on Sunday morning – just after nearly 100 rescuers had restarted their search for the South San Jose boy.<\/p>\n

About 4 p.m. Saturday, Danny had run ahead of his father, Chris Barrett, and twin brother, Jason, as the group finished a two-hour hike in Uvas Canyon County Park. It’s not unusual for Danny to bound ahead of everyone else, Pam Barrett said. It’s just the way he is.<\/p>\n

He wasn’t more than 10 yards ahead, heading toward the car. And then there was a bend in the trail. And then he was gone.<\/p>\n

“It was as quick as that,” Pam Barrett said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Apparently he wandered down along the creek and kept wandering there till he was found the next morning.
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Uvas is one of my favorite winter hiking haunts — easy, shady trails and cool waterfalls, especially after a good soaking rain. Hats off to all who got up at the crack of dawn Sunday and helped find the boy; Uvas isn’t especially wild, but the forest is really thick and the park is pretty remote; there could’ve been a less happy ending.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From this morning’s Mercury News, a story about a boy lost overnight at Uvas Canyon County Park. He was out on a hike Saturday with his family. For 18 terrifying hours, her 15-year-old autistic son, who doesn’t speak, was lost…<\/p>\n

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