Just days after Robert Wood, an 8-year-old autistic boy, was found alive after six days of being lost in Hanover County, deputies one hour away in Manassas, secured a simple band around the arm of another autistic boy, 10-year-old Jimmy Kirkland—an action that, perhaps, secured him from suffering the same fate as Wood.
Jimmy’s parents, Rachel and Jim Kirkland of Manassas Park, said they fought long and hard to get their son off a long waiting list and into Prince William County’s Project Lifesaver, a program that uses radio wave-emitting bracelets to track people who are prone to wandering off, such as those with Autism and Alzheimer’s Disease.
“By all accounts, Robert Wood is very much like Jimmy. It was as gift from God that he was found alive,” Rachel Kirkland said. “I’ll do whatever I can to prevent that. We don’t take his safety for granted, but he is fast. If you make a mistake and he sprints, you really have a problem.”
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