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FOR IF YOU HAVE INFORMATION,
CALL POLICE.
>> AS SCHOOL BUS AND DRIVER WERE
ARRESTED.
THEY LEFT A THREE YEAR-OLD
AUTISTIC BOY ON THE BUS FOR SIX
HOURS.
HE WAS DEHYDRATED AND HUNGRY.
THE BOY'S FAMILY WAS WORRIED
SICK WHEN THEY WENT TO PICK HIM
UP IN THE BRONX AND THEY CANNOT
FIND HIM.
>> IS A BAD SITUATION AND WE'RE
GOING TO WORK IT OUT BECAUSE WE
DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN TO
OTHER CHILDREN.
WE ARE GOING TO WORK ON THIS AND
DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO SO THIS
BOY WAS NOT THERE.
LOPEZ WAS FOUND ON HIS
SCHOOL BUS, HIS DIAPER
SOAKED.
POLICE SAY HE WAS ON THE
BUS FOR SIX HOURS.
JOSE WAS TREATED AND
RELEASED FROM JACOBI
MEDICAL CENTER.
THE DRIVER OF THE BUS,
TERRY ROCKER, AND THE
MATRON, CHARLENE POWELL,
ARE CHARGED WITH RECKLESS
ENDANGERMENT AND
ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF
A CHILD.
"THIS IS A BIG SITUATION.
WE'RE GOING TO WORK OUT THE
SITUATION, BECAUSE WE DON'T
WANT THIS TO HAPPEN TO
OTHER KIDS.
IT'S NOT GOING TO STAY LIKE
THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO DO WHAT WE
HAVE TO DO SO THIS DON'T
HAPPEN NO MORE.
PINNACLE BUS COMPANY -
WHICH OWNS THE BUS - HAS
NOT COMMENTED ON THE
INCIDENT.
THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
SAYS THE WORKERS HAVE
SUSPENDED, PENDING THE
OUTCOME OF THE
INVESTIGATION.
>>> IN THE NEWS
AT NOON -- TEARS FOR A YOUNG
CHILD KILLED IN A POLICE CHASE
IN NEW JERSEY.
A SUSPECTED CAR THIEF NOW
FACING *** CHARGES.
>>> A SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENT
LEFT ALONE FOR SIX HOURS ON THE
SCHOOL BUS.
HIS DRIVER AND A BUS DRIVER ARE
NOW UNDER ARREST.
>>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
I'M
>>> A NEW YORK
CITY SCHOOL BUS DRIVER AND BUS
MATRON UNDER ARREST THIS NOON
FACING CHILD ENDANGERMENT
CHARGES.
THAT AFTER LEAVING A 3-YEAR-OLD
AUTISTIC BUOY ALONE ON THE BUS
FOR MORE THAN SIX HOURS.
JAY DOW HAS THE STORY.
>> Reporter: THEY ARE STILL
EXPERIENCING THE HORROR THEY
EXPERIENCED INVOLVING THEIR
3-YEAR-OLD.
>> WE COULDN'T SLEEP LAST
NIGHT.
>> Reporter: THAT'S BECAUSE
JOSE GABRIELLE, AUTISTIC SPENT
ALMOST SIX HOURS ALONE
YESTERDAY AT THE BACK OF HIS
SCHOOL BUS ABANDONED BY THE
SCHOOL BUS DRIVER AND THE ADULT
MATRON ASSIGNED TO LOOK AFTER
HIM.
>> I REALLY DON'T WANT THIS
TO
HAPPEN TO OTHER KIDS.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING
THROUGH RIGHT NOW.
I GOT SCARED.
>> Reporter: MARISOL SAID THE
DAY STARTED LIKE ANY OTHER
WHEN
SHE PUT JOSE ON A SCHOOL BUS
BUT ARRIVED AT PS 194 IN THE
BRONX TO PICK HIM UP SCHOOL
OFFICE THOUGHT HE WAS ABSENT.
SHE PANICKED AND BECAME ENRAGED
WHEN HE WAS FOUND OUTSIDE
SWEATY AND WEAK IN THE BACK
SEAT.
>> SHE SCREAMED YOUR SON IS
HERE.
I SAID WHAT HAPPENED?
THE LADY SAID SORRY.
AND THE TRUCK DRIVER TOLD ME
I'M SORRY.
I DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS THERE.
>> Reporter: THE DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION IS INVESTIGATING.
AND POLICE HAVE ARRESTED
25-YEAR-OLD PINNACLE BUS DRIVER
TERRY ROCKER WHO WAS CERTIFIED
JUST LAST MONTH.
AND 47-YEAR-OLD MATRON CHARLENE
POWELL, CERTIFIED IN 2006.
BOTH NOW FACE CRIMINAL CHILD
ENDANGERMENT CHARGES AND HAVE
BEEN SUSPENDED FROM THEIR
QUIET.
LOCALE: PLUS A THEFT IN A
GOTTERY, WHAT THE THIEVES
CLUEWITH BE
THEM.TO
A
ORIGINAL MOTOWN.
>> DIANA: STILL AHEAD, THE
PEDIATRICIAN ACCUSED OF ABUSING
A PATIENT.
THIS ARENT TO KNOW
VICTIMS.
LAST
THREETHEY THEN
MEN.
HURT.MS WERE
COMPUTER,S GOT
JEWELRY.
>> DIANA: AN INVESTIGATION IS
3-YEAR-OLDAT
LEFTAL NEEDS CHILD
BUS. IN
IS AUTISTIC WAS
PUT ON THE BUS BY HIS MOTHER
YESTERDAY MORNING, BUT HE NEVER
MADE IT TO CLASS.
ALONED,
MANY ARES
ASKING HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN?
REPORTER ART
McFARLAND WENT LOOK ARE FO HE
ANSWERS.
HOSEA LOPEZ AND MARISOL ARE
HAPPY THEIR 3-YEAR-OLD SON
GABRIEL WAS SAFE, HEALTHY ENOUGH
TODAY.O
SONTS AHEARD
THOUGHTHERE, I, I
HIM.HING BAD HAPPENED TO
>> Reporter: THE LITTLE BOY IS
AUTISTIC.
HOURS MORE THAN
BACK OFY
WHICH SHOULD HAVE
PS194D HIM OFF
BUILDING IN THE MORNING.
>> I WAS DEVASTATED BECAUSE I
ANDCK STOP BY
TAKE HIMTO
ISIRCUT, THAT
WHEN I FOUND OUT, HE NEVER GAME
TO SCHOOL.
REPORT GABBY'S MOTHER CALLED THE
POLICE WHO FOUND HIM ON THE BUS
THEY LATER ARREST THE BUS
DRIVER, 2 A WE'RE OLD TERRY
ROCKER AND THE BUS MATRON,
POWELL OND CHARLENE
INCLUDING CHILD
ENDANGER.
OBVIOUS QUESTION
BECOMES: WHY DIDN'T SOMEONE AT
THE SCHOOL CALL THE PARENTS
FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AT
THE SAME TIME SETTING OFF AND
CHILD? SEARCH FOR THE
AAVE WEN
BEINGS RUNM
IT.
HUMAN BEINGS MAKERROR, THAT
DOESN'T EXCUSE THE ERRORS, THIS
IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
WE'LL FIND OUT ALL OF THE FACTS
AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS.
>> Reporter: THE BUS IS OWNED BY
COMPANY. BUS
ANSWERS.OR
IDENTFOOD HIMSELF
DECLINED TO BE
TOLDRA,WED ON
STRICTCOMPANY
DRIVERS ANDRING
MATRONS TO CHECK BUSES CAREFULLY
AFTER DISCHARGING CHILDREN AND
THEN POST SIGNS SAYING THE BUS
SLEEPINGSEARCHED FOR
CHILDREN.
>> Reporter: SO YOU BLAME THE
DRIVER?ANY AND THE
TEXT MESSAGES.
CO-WORKERS SAY THEY ARE SHOCKED
BY THE ALLEGATIONS.
FOR THE FOURTH TIME, THE CITY
HAS EXPLAINING TO DO AFTER A
SCHOOL BUS MIXUP LEAVES A CHILD
FENDING FOR HIMSELF FOR HOURS.
IN THIS LATEST CASE, AND
AUTISTIC 3-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS
LEFT ON A BUS FOR MORE THAN SIX
HOURS.
BOB MALCOLM HAS MORE ON THE
-TORY FROM THE BRONX.
>> THE 3-YEAR-OLD CAN SMILE FOR
NOW, BUT HIS PARENTS ARE ANGRY
AND LOOKING FOR ANSWERS.
>> I WAS ANGRY.
HOW YOU LEAVE A BABY INSIDE A
BUS FOR OVER SIX HOURS.
HE MAKES NOISE.
>> HE ATTENDS A SPECIAL-
EDUCATION SCHOOL, AND 52
STUDENTS ARE BUSED HERE AND
JOSE JR. SHOWED UP AT 8:00 P.M.
AND WAS LEFT ON HIS BOSS FOR
MORE THAN SIX HOURS.
>> HIS MOTHER PANICKED WHEN
ARRIVE TO PICK HIM UP AND SAID
HE WAS ABSENT.
THE BUS ATTENDED AND BUS DRIVER
WERE ARRESTED ON CHARGES THAT
INCLUDED CHILD ENDANGERMENT.
>> HE LOOKED LIKE HE WAS WEAK,
DEHYDRATED, AND STARVING.
>> I IS ONE OF TO SEE THIS GUY
AND WHO KNOWS WHAT HIS OR TO BE
LIKE.
>> THIS IS THE FOURTH CASE THIS
YEAR OF KIDS EITHER BEING
DROPPED OFF AT THE WRONG SPOT OR
BEING LEFT ON A BUS.
>> THERE HAS TO BE TIGHTER
CONTROL OVER THE SCHOOL BUSES
AND PEOPLE SHOULD BE CHECKING TO
MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO CHILDREN
ON THE BUS.
>> SO MANY QUESTIONS IN JUST A
LITTLE BIT OF ANSWERS.
>> ONE WOMAN TOLD ME THIS
AFTERNOON THAT SHE IS NOW READY
TO DRIVE HER OWN CHILDREN TO AND
FROM SCHOOL.
OUR CALL TO THE BUS SERVICE WERE
NOT RETURNED.
GOVERNOR PATERSON SAYS A GAPING
DEFICIT MEANS MORE PAIN.
>>> THE FAMILY TAKING ON THE
CITY SAY THEIR AUTISTIC BOY WAS
LEFT STRANDED ON A BUS.
TAKE YOU INSIDE THE FIRST-EVER
MEDICAL LAB WORKING ON AN AIDS
VACCINE HERE IN BROOKLYN.
>>> ALSO THE 3-YEAR-OLD LEFT
MEANINGS.
IT THE PRINCIPAL AND STUDENT
LEADERS MET THIS MORNING AND PUT
AN END TO THE BAN.
>>> A COUPLE SAYS INSTEAD OF
GETTING THEIR CHILD TO SCHOOL,
THEIR AUTISTIC CHILD WAS LEFT
STRANDED ON A BUS FOR HOURS AND
NOW ARE SUING THE CITY.
CAROL ANNE RIDDELL HAS MORE.
>> THE HAUNTS ARE HAUNTING FOR
THESE PARENTS WHO SAY THEIR
3-YEAR-OLD SON HO SAY WAS LEFT
ABANDONED STRAPPED INTO HIS
SCHOOL BUS FOR ABOUT SIX HOURS.
THEY WONDER, DID HE CRY OUT?
DID HE CALL FOR THEM?
>> IF HE WAS CRYING ASKING FOR
MY NAME, IF HE WAS ASKING FOR
JUNE.
>> WHEN THEY FOUND HIM, THEY
FOUND HIM LIKE KIND OF WEAK, YOU
KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SIX
HOURS.
>> JOSE'S PARENTS ARE NOW SUING
THE CITY AND THE BUS COMPANY
INVOLVED CLAIMING THEY AND THEIR
CHILD WERE TRAUMATIZED.
>> HE'S TRAUMATIZED.
>> OUR LIVES CHANGED AFTER THIS.
IT'S VERY TOUGH.
>> ANOTHER ISSUE RAISED IN THIS
LAWSUIT, THE PARENTS AND THEIR
ATTORNEYS SAY THERE ARE SAFETY
DEVICES THAT CAN HELP PREVENT
CHILDREN FROM BEING LEFT ON
SCHOOL BUSES, FOR EXAMPLE, BODY
SCANNERS AND ALARM SYSTEMS AND
WANT THE CITY TO LOOK AT USING
THAT TECHNOLOGY.
>> HOW MUCH IS A LIFE WORTH?
ALL RIGHT?
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHILDREN
THAT ARE SOMETIMES IRREPAIRABLY
HARMED AS A RESULT OF THIS
NEGLIGENCE.
>> THE BUS COMPANY DECLINED
COMMENT.
THE CITY'S LAW DEPARTMENT SAYS
IT'S WAITING FOR THE LEGAL
PAPERS.
AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
TELLS US THE DRIVER AND BUS MAT
TRONS WERE NOT ALLOWED BACK ON
ANY OF ITS