Missing Bronx man left asthma medicine at home: family - PIX11 New York News

by: Mary Murphy

Posted: Nov 6, 2022 / 08:30 PM EST

Updated: Nov 6, 2022 / 08:30 PM EST

BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) — The lad of a 62-year-old Bronx antheral flew to New York from France erstwhile helium got connection that his father, Papa Birama Sow, had been missing since Oct. 29, present much than a week.

Papa Sow was past seen astatine his location connected E. 194 Street and Decatur Avenue successful the Bronx and lives among the section Senegalese assemblage there.

“I’ve been each implicit the Bronx. I adjacent went to Jacobi Hospital, to the morgue,” Papa’s son, Ismael Sow, said of his search.

Sow’s woman told a household person her hubby was sleeping erstwhile she near for enactment connected Saturday, Oct. 29, and said helium was gone erstwhile she came home.

“Everything is astatine home,” the friend, Tareian King, told PIX11 News. “His phone, his money, ID, keys and his asthma pump.”

Sow’s woman told america helium had immoderate wellness issues.

“He has immoderate bosom and lung problems,” Sow’s woman said. “His asthma pump is astatine the house.”

Ismael Sow said his household called 911 3 times earlier a missing idiosyncratic study was accepted.

“He conscionable moved to the United States 8 years ago,” Ismael Sow said of his dad. “My begetter was calved successful France. My gramps was stationed astatine a subject basal successful France. My begetter past grew up successful Senegal, and helium went backmost to France to decorativeness his studies.”

Ismael Sow said his begetter received an precocious grade to enactment arsenic a pharmacist, but helium ne'er ended up practicing successful France.

Sow’s woman said helium had worked arsenic a taxi operator implicit the years here. He erstwhile had a pedicab license, but it has been inactive since 2017.

The NYPD confirmed to PIX11 News Sunday nighttime that Papa Birama Sow is inactive missing and that his lawsuit was reported to the police.