Memo: Safety Measures Weren't In Effect The Day Avonte Oquendo Disappeared

Safety Measures Weren't In Effect The Day Avonte Oquendo Disappeared
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 21: Eric Wright wears a placard with a picture of a missing autistic 14-year-old named Avonte Oquendo, on October 21, 2013 in the Queens borough of New York City. Hundreds of Police, volunteers, friends and family are searching for Avonte who walked out of the Center Boulevard School in Long Island City, Queens on October 4, 2013 and has not been seen since. Family members say that the teen has a fondness for trains and have focused their search along rail yards and in subway stations. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 21: Eric Wright wears a placard with a picture of a missing autistic 14-year-old named Avonte Oquendo, on October 21, 2013 in the Queens borough of New York City. Hundreds of Police, volunteers, friends and family are searching for Avonte who walked out of the Center Boulevard School in Long Island City, Queens on October 4, 2013 and has not been seen since. Family members say that the teen has a fondness for trains and have focused their search along rail yards and in subway stations. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

The Queens school that a severely autistic teen walked out of earlier this month lacked key safety features that could have prevented him from leaving the building—including working video surveillance, alarmed panic bars and doors with windows, Capital has learned.

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