Chicagoist: Missing NY man found in Chicago

curmudgeon

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 16:46:58 -0600

Anonymous: A person coming here to winter may be feeble-minded, but not all 50+ people are feeble-bodied.

Anonymous

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 15:22:35 -0600

I thank him for giving me the idea. Now I can get away from the evil wife for a few years. Now only if I had a traumatic event to blame it on. I got one......our wedding night

Anonymous

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 14:12:55 -0600

Rootdowwn, it depends on the family. I would. Okay, maybe not Chicago...but his family could be worse. Heh, running away from home at 50-something. runaway train never comin' baaaaack. Runaway train teeearin' up the track...*cough* *wheeze*

Rootdowwn

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:44:37 -0600

Um, what do you guys think this is all made up? If I wanted to take a short vacation away from the family, I definitely would not choose a homeless shelter in Chicago. Do you really think this guy would?

tim

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 08:43:26 -0600

August 1, 2005 not August 1, 2001

David

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 08:41:55 -0600

Whoa, guys. He was last seen August 1 2005. So it took a few years for the amnesia to hit. Go fig. If he didn't break the law, and was in fact trying to find out who he was over time, I suppose it could happen. Weird, but the workings of a traumatized mind are difficult to predict, eh?

Uhhh...

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 08:38:13 -0600

Yea I know...matt was confused about the date :) but the rest of the story still dont jibe.

Uhhh...

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 08:33:52 -0600

Whats to comprehend? Last seen Aug 1... Followed trail of credit card charges through Penn and Ohio... On Sept 11...40 days(+-1) after dissapearing he was at the WTC 15 min before the attack? and in the subway thereafter...apparently traced by credit card usage? And the whole reason he dissapeared was because of a Nam flashback... ummm... ok If they lay out the timeline tracking his creditcard from NYC to the WTC and on to Chicago it might hold water. As the story is written there is no continuity.

ted

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 07:50:30 -0600

Liz, give the poor man a break, it's 7am... but, thanks for making me smile :)

liz

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 06:53:27 -0600

wow...matt... reading comprehension really not your thing then, huh?

Matt

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 06:47:32 -0600

Dude, that doesn't hold. He was last seen August 1 leaving his office, the attack happened 10 days later. How can she know he was leaving the WTC 15 mins before the first plane hit? If he lives in NYC, wouldn't he have been home before going to the WTC on that morning?

haw

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 04:49:26 -0600

why was his pic on America's Most Wanted List?

Moon

Thu, 16 Feb 2006 20:52:25 -0600

I hope your servers are up to date. You've been Farked!

w

Thu, 16 Feb 2006 19:16:19 -0600

This stuff really makes me think for a second that maybe the hobos are actually people that need a few minutes of my time or a few bucks in order to get their life back... but then the reality sets back in and I pass right by with my urban facial expression and my determined gate.

JLW

Thu, 16 Feb 2006 12:37:14 -0600

Interestingly enough, there's a documentary out now called "Unknown White Male" detailing a similar story...check out http://blogs.usatoday.com/popcandy/ and scroll down to "Must See Movie"