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Missing Man with Alzheimers Found Safe Near Home

 Admin Staff     Created: 11/8/2003 6:22:43 PM    Updated: 11/9/2003 6:20:39 PM
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By Andrea Carroll First Coast News

JACKSONVILLE, FL -- 78-year-old Alfred Feinglass's wife, Harriet, says finding her husband is nothing less than a "miracle".

Feinglass has been missing since Saturday and suffers from Alzheimer's. He was last seen riding his bike at his retirement complex near Southside and Baymeadows road.

Shortly after Alfred Feinglass went missing last week, his family started calling local hospitals. They suspected that due to his confusion, he might have been picked up and hospitalized

Dozens of volunteers joined Feinglass? family Saturday morning? as they continued the week long search. The two hour hunt ended happily when the group found Feinglass in the woods behind the Glades Apartments. Sheriff John Rutherford, who was heading to join the search, showed up to personally thank volunteers.

Alfred Feinglass is recovering from severe dehydration at Saint Luke's Hospital.

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