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A horrible story with a happy ending!!!!
Not sure if anyone posted this yet!
Police tell parents son is dead — but he's not
90 minutes later, N.Y. family finds son at home, asleep
The Associated Press
updated 12:49 p.m. ET, Thurs., April 29, 2010
NEW YORK -
Police told a family that their youngest son had been killed in a car crash with a tractor-trailer. It took 90 minutes for the parents to realize their son hadn't been in the car at all — and was at home, asleep.
Alfred and Geri Esposito of Mastic Beach were told Saturday that their son Freddy and another passenger had been killed in a collision in Pennsylvania. A trooper had found the driver's license of 26-year-old Alfred "Freddy" Esposito III in the hands of one of the dead men.
Calls were made to relatives, and someone was sent to tell his grandmother.
Older brother Chris Esposito rushed home from work Saturday to find Freddy asleep at the Bay Shore home they shared. He thought he was seeing a ghost.
The deceased was later identified as 18-year-old Paul Richards of Santa Cruz, Calif. — Freddy Esposito's one-time frat brother.
The Espositos say they do not know why Richards had a copy of their son's license.
Capt. James Murtin, commanding officer of Pennsylvania State Police's Troop N, apologized for the error. He said the identification was based on Esposito's license and a "general match" with Richards.
Alfred Esposito Jr. said he feels lucky. "I vacillate between being overjoyed and being overcome with grief, like it really happened, but then I say, 'Stop it,'" he said. "I have my son."
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kimbalina
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Re: A horrible story with a happy ending!!!!
THAT is nuts!!!!!
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| Posted 4/29/10 7:58 PM |
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LightUpOurLife
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Re: A horrible story with a happy ending!!!!
I read this on Newsday this AM. Wow. I cannot even imagine!
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| Posted 4/29/10 8:07 PM |
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maxsgirl
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Re: A horrible story with a happy ending!!!!
I read this earlier today,, freaking crazy.
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| Posted 4/29/10 8:19 PM |
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jes81276
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Re: A horrible story with a happy ending!!!!
wow - I'm sure it was the kids fake ID that ID'd him as the other guy....nuts!
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| Posted 4/29/10 8:24 PM |
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Stacey1403
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Re: A horrible story with a happy ending!!!!
Posted by jes81276
wow - I'm sure it was the kids fake ID that ID'd him as the other guy....nuts!
I read a different article and it said they were frat brothers, yeah I'm sure they had idea why he had their sons id.
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| Posted 4/29/10 8:28 PM |
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waterspout4
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Re: A horrible story with a happy ending!!!!
Posted by Stacey1403
Posted by jes81276
wow - I'm sure it was the kids fake ID that ID'd him as the other guy....nuts!
I read a different article and it said they were frat brothers, yeah I'm sure they had idea why he had their sons id.
How do a 26 year old and an 18 year old become frat brothers?
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| Posted 4/29/10 11:14 PM |
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GenLCSW
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Re: A horrible story with a happy ending!!!!
Posted by jes81276
wow - I'm sure it was the kids fake ID that ID'd him as the other guy....nuts!
thats what I think too!
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| Posted 4/30/10 5:34 AM |
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Re: A horrible story with a happy ending!!!!
Posted by waterspout4
Posted by Stacey1403
Posted by jes81276
wow - I'm sure it was the kids fake ID that ID'd him as the other guy....nuts!
I read a different article and it said they were frat brothers, yeah I'm sure they had idea why he had their sons id.
How do a 26 year old and an 18 year old become frat brothers?
Maybe they were just in the same frat but at different times. So his ID got passed along to people over the years.
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| Posted 4/30/10 8:09 AM |
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