WASHINGTON, D.C. (WBOY) - Soldiers with the West Virginia National Guard who are deployed in Washington, D.C. helped find a missing autistic person at a Metro station over the weekend.

According to a release from the Defense Visual Information Service, soldiers were doing patrols at the Union Station Metro on Sept. 6 when they were informed by a security guard that a person was missing in the area. The initial report said that it was a missing child, but they later learned it was a missing adult with special needs who had been separated from their guardian.

1st Lt. Adam Park, with the West Virginia National Guard, and his soldiers found a person matching the description who appeared to be autistic. Park said in the release that he handed off his weapon, approached the person and was able

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