Massive Search For Autistic Child Missing In Kiryas Joel

Authorities are searching for a 10-year-old autistic boy who went missing Sunday in the village of Kiryas Joel in Orange County.

Search teams worked through the night looking for Shimon Zorger. The little boy from Brooklyn was playing with his father in his grandparent’s yard when authorities said he wandered away sometime before 6 p.m. Community public safety teams from as far as Brooklyn have been working with state police and K-9 units trying to track Shimon down.

The little boy was last seen wearing a black and white shirt. Anyone who may have seen him is asked to call police.

Update 10:15am - After a frantic search that last over twelve hours, Shimon Zorger, the 10 year old Williamsburg boy who vanished last night in Kiryas Joel, has been located. “We found him,” Moses Vitriol, director of the Kiryas Joel Public Safety Patrol, told VIN News. It was New York State Trooper Danny Harter who found the missing autistic boy in the woods. Zorger, who is reportedly in good condition, is being transported to Westchester Medical Center as a precautionary measure.