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I Have a Son

I'm afraid he might be in real danger or maybe he isn't. He's 18 and with his step brother who is also 18. They went to California for something to do. They both dropped out of school here and seemed to be content with bumming around. So they decided to go to California. My son has been there once to go to Disneyland and his stepbrother has never been out of the state of Oregon until now.
Now my step sons mom gets a call that her son is wandering the streets of Santa Cruz begging for someone to come get him and he's afraid he's going to get killed. He said he went a different direction than my son who is not answering me on FB chat. Now his step brother is not messaging or answering any call from his mom.
Last I heard from my son they were going to go camping on the beach. People are informing me since this all started this evening that the beach is where they don't want to go. My cousin who lives in San Francisco says it's not like what I'm worried about and since it's the off season for tourism it's really quiet in Santa Cruz. Everyone else is telling me the boys have walked right into a major gang area and are incredibly stupid to go there.
Am I overreacting and being small minded by stereotyping California as being a dangerous state to be in?

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westsideblues1

Any state can be dangerous !!!!! gangs are every where ...evil is everywhere !!but i feel ur worry !!! call the hospitals to see if they have any one with ur sons name there or description! or jails !!!

wintersecret

That's a wise suggestion but It should be taken as last measure to find the missing peoples like checking with hospitals or Jails.

Better go through Positive signs first.
That's what I feel and would have done.

morrgin · F

Positive signs?

wintersecret

means in good hopes that they are safe and sound

wintersecret

but not in network area from where they can be easily connect with family members

westsideblues1

what positive signs do you look for ? wait by the phone???? that doesn't seem to be working for her!!!! get in her car and drive to calif? please tell!!!

westsideblues1

Morrgin exactly!!!!

westsideblues1

oh ur talking about HOPE!! she should just sit there and hope !!

wintersecret

yeap Waiting no more an option.
Bring in more heads ( family members), reach to Calif and the last location where they went

westsideblues1

My son didn't come home from school one day, i didn't sit there and hope ..
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I got on the phone and called every person that knew him and got in my car and drove all over town and called all the hang outs where he and his buddies went to ...
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it was 9:00 at night before i found him,I was driving down the street and there he was walking with his buddies I slammed on the breaks put my flashers on grab that som bitch by his hair and dragged his A@@ into the car and drove him home!!

wintersecret

I dont mean that she should seat only.
I m damn sure at this moment also she must be looking and calling for people around the places where the best hopes of finding them could be psb.

wintersecret

That's what we parent do. not hearing from kids for small interval and we go out in search of them.
I aint different too.

I would have done the same as wht u did.