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A local television news crew reporting on a missing Maine man found him as they were about to shoot a live update near his home. Robert McDonough, a 73-year-old who suffers from dementia, had been missing for more than 14 hours when he walked past the WMTW News 8 crew camped out on the side of his road in rural Limington.
Originally posted by luciddream
reply to post by Havox
Whats more surprising that a news station is doing an interview for a missing man, that has only been missing for 14 hours?edit on 5/29/2013 by luciddream because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by research100
they do that on our news when a local elderly person goes missing who have dementia, it is reported that day, they try to find them quick.
Originally posted by smyleegrl
In our area they call it a "Silver Alert" as in Amber Alert for a child. It's a good idea and has saved lives.
A Silver Alert is a public notification system in the United States to broadcast information about missing persons – especially seniors with Alzheimer's Disease, dementia, or other mental disabilities – in order to aid in their return. Silver Alerts use a wide array of media outlets – such as commercial radio stations, television stations, and cable TV – to broadcast information about missing persons
National growth [edit] 31 states and New York City[11] have Silver Alert or similar programs targeting missing seniors. More than 195 million people live in jurisdictions served by Silver Alert or a similar program. 22 states have missing persons recovery programs that are formally called “Silver Alert”: