I Still Miss Someone

There was a report in today's local PATCH of a 72 year old man, with dementia, who has been missing from the Holbrook area since Sunday. As I read the article I realized he was the father of someone who actually lives two doors away from me. Apparently he was visiting from Florida and drove off in his pick up and has not returned. Why a man with dementia is driving, I don't know. Did he drive from Florida with dementia? No idea. I just hope they find the man. The sad part about this story is I had no idea until I read it. It shows how much I don't know about my neighbors. The old days of going next door to borrow a cup of sugar are long over, but you would think someone would have knocked on my door to say "have you seen my father?" It made me realize that we all live in our own little cocoons, oblivious to the outside world. I hope they find this man because if he is just driving around aimlessly he may never figure out how to get back. If his own daughter isn't asking neighbors for help, how will adjoining neighborhoods know where he belongs. I hope I never go missing. It's bad enough suffocating in suburbia. Lost in suburbia appears to be a much worse fate. In the meantime, if you are in the Holbrook area and you actually leave your house. Look around for this man and return him to 91 Somerset Drive, Holbrook. Tell them to put a bell on him.

 

Reprinted from Sachem Patch - July 31, 2012:

A 72-year-old man from Florida went missing Sunday after leaving his daughter's Holbrook home, police said.

A Silver Alert has been issued for Abel Mingola, who suffers from dementia. Mingola, who was on Long Island visiting family, left his daughter’s residence on Somerset Drive in Holbrook at 6 a.m. Sunday. At the time he left the home, he was driving a 2008 grey Mitsubishi pick-up truck, with a Florida license plate number 828LTU, police said.

Mingola is described as white, 6-foot-1, 190 pounds with brown eyes and gray hair. Anyone with information on his location is requested to contact the Fugitive/Missing Persons Section at 631-852-6040.

The Silver Alert is a program implemented in Suffolk County that allows local law enforcement to share information with media outlets about individuals with special needs who have gone missing.

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Johnny Cash - I Still Miss Someone : http://youtu.be/dkgsgAsKtLs