CRUELTY * USA - Disabled Man's Ordeal Leads To Bus Matron's Arrest
Family Furious After Man With Cerebral Palsy Was Left Alone In Frigid Brooklyn Yard For 19 Hours
New York,NY,USA -CBS, by Sean Hennessey ― Jan 2, 2009: -- On Thursday night police charged a 51-year-old woman for allegedly leaving a mentally and physically challenged man -- overnight -- on a bus for 19 hours... Ed Rivera, who has cerebral palsy and the mental capacity of a 2-year-old, survived alone, trapped in a parking lot Wednesday night, as the wind chill hovered near zero... Rivera's New York City family was in disbelief Thursday night following a day of uncertainty. Rivera didn't arrive home Wednesday night. His special needs bus, ironically named Outstanding Transport, should have dropped him in East Harlem, but investigators found him almost a day later -- miles away in a Brooklyn bus yard... Sources tell CBS 2 HD Rivera was strapped in his seat directly behind the driver's seat. How the driver missed him is not known...* Bus Matron Arrested For Abandoning Disabled Man on Bus
NY,USA -Gothamist -3 Jan 2009: -- The bus matron who knowingly left a mentally disabled man on a bus overnight was arrested and fired. Ed Wynn Rivera, who suffers from cerebral palsy and is unable to communicate, was found after 17 hours of sitting in the bus (which was parked at a Brooklyn depot), freezing and still strapped to his seat. And what's more, Rivera had been sitting right behind the driver... Linda Hockaday, who had worked for Outstanding Transport, was charged with reckless endangerment. WCBS 2 reports that sources say... Apparently she thought someone else would notice Rivera!... Only Hockaday was charged, and not the driver, because, as the bus matron, she is responsible for passenger safety...
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1 Comments:
this women is a monster this situation make me feel very angry! if I,m the mother of Ed Rivera I will not stop until this women is in prison for the rest of her life. I feel bad for Ed Rivera and thanks god he's safe now.this women should never have any contact with children or people ever again.what's wrong with people like this monster "Hockaday" she have no feelings or what! god bless u Ed Rivera you will see that god will find justice for you and your family. Ingrid
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