WASHINGTON, D.C. (WBOY) – Soldiers with the West Virginia National Guard who are deployed in Washington, D.C. helped find a missing autistic person at a Metro station over the weekend.
According to a release from the Defense Visual Information Service, soldiers were doing patrols at the Union Station Metro on Sept. 6 when they were informed by a security guard that a person was missing in the area. The initial report said that it was a missing child, but they later learned it was a missing adult with special needs who had been separated from their guardian.
1st Lt. Adam Park, with the West Virginia National Guard, and his soldiers found a person matching the description who appeared to be autistic. Park said in the release that he handed off his weapon, approached the person and was able to take them back to their guardian…