Lost Autistic Boy Found After Four Days in Wilderness

by Teresa Neumann : Oct 20, 2007 : Staff-CNN

"The family is all together. As soon as they heard the report he was alive and doing fairly well, they gathered in a prayer circle."

(West Virginia)?Nine searchers found missing autistic teen, Jacob Allen, after he was lost for four days in the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia. According to a CNN report he was found quietly lying in a clearing. (Photo: CNN.com)

"The family is all together," search group spokesman Chris Stadelman said. "As soon as they heard the report he was alive and doing fairly well, they gathered in a prayer circle."

The report states that the boy is currently in good condition and is under observation at Davis Memorial Hospital in Elkins, WV.