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http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Ele ... 082154.php

An elementary school student in Pleasanton who went missing Tuesday afternoon soon after the bell rang turned up in Dublin, police said.THANK THE GOOD LORD, IT'S BEEN A TRYING TIME FOR HIS MOTHER AND FATHER, MYSELF AND THE REST OF HIS FAMILY

Daniel RomeroRomeo, 11, standing 5-feet-tall and weighing 80 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes, was last seen at Lydiksen Elementary School at 2:55 p.m., police said. He was found on the Iron Horse Regional Trail in Dublin in the evening, police said.

What a relief for all concerned. Hugs, more hugs and then some questions.... but safety is the main thing.

When I saw the subject line, I was hoping it would be something baseball related....(You've talked several times about his being involved in a league)

Very glad to hear all turned out well Dale...

I can only imagine the stress you and his parents must have been enduring...

(And Meade's right; now that he's safe and sound some questions are in order...as well as impressing on the lad that this not something to EVER be repeated...)

dales, I'm glad he's safe. Why did he go missing? It sounds like there might be familial issues in play at home that he didn't want to face, or admit to.

I hope this behavior is not repeated, it may be indicative of deeper problems. I wish him well.

I'm glad all are well dales.

Some of the things I can remember about myself at age 11 is that I thought I was much more capable of responsible independent actions than I now know I actually was. I don't want to read into this story more than is factually revealed. At that I age I could have easily have done something similar. There would have been no dire circumstances in my relationships at home or with others driving it--just a blissful unawareness of the worry it would cause others combined with a spur-of-the-moment curiosity about something, or a distraction in my thinking that ignored the time.

No harm no foul, but a good time for more family communication.

snailgate

I agree BP, I'm sure I did something similar at that age and disappeared for a few hours (we had a lot of ways of getting around in NYC, and I rarely wore a watch at that age). It was only when I got older that I understood the worry that this sort of thing caused. And, of course, we didn't have cell phones to check in--those have helped a lot when the kids were (going to be) late.

But whatever the reason, now is the time for the family to celebrate what it wanted, his safe return. Everything else can be put off until later.

Thanks all for your responses.

He got in trouble at his school (going to a place that was out of bounds for school children, it was behind a shed) he had been admonished by the school VP before.

I suppose he was afraid to face his parents?

I am glad he's home safe and sound, there is a lot of evil out there, and the results could be horrifically tragic.

Glad it ended well. That rail-to-trail that goes from Pleasanton to Concord looks like a nice addition.

Glad he is home safe and sound!

He has your sagittal crest and appears as bleary and out of focus as you usually are. Glad he's home safe.


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rubato

I'll let you have the last word, rube.



eta: since you have no children or grandchildren for that matter, it's a shame that you will never know the love that comes from your children or your grandchildren.

Oh well.....

You can always go hug your bees.

Burning Petard wrote:Some of the things I can remember about myself at age 11 is that I thought I was much more capable of responsible independent actions than I now know I actually was. I don't want to read into this story more than is factually revealed. At that I age I could have easily have done something similar. There would have been no dire circumstances in my relationships at home or with others driving it--just a blissful unawareness of the worry it would cause others combined with a spur-of-the-moment curiosity about something, or a distraction in my thinking that ignored the time.

No harm no foul, but a good time for more family communication.

snailgate

What BP says.  I grew up in the 1960s, when my parents would also be worried or concerned if I didn't show up after school when I was supposed to.  But if I had told them I took a side-trip to the library or went over to my friend's house instead of coming straight home there would not have been any sort of uproar; just a set-down where it would be indoctrinated into me that while going to the library or someplace else was OK, it was still important to keep in touch.

-"BB"-