Little lad still lost

摘要

It was the first day he had walked the two blocks to the school-bus stop by himself. Etan Patz had begged his parents to let him go alone. They relented. Wearing his "Future Flight Captain" cap, the six-year-old headed off to school on May 25th 1979. His family never saw him again. Before his disappearance children routinely played outside and walked to school alone. Though Etan was far from the first child to be abducted, his case struck a nerve with America. Laws changed, and parenting changed too.