Help find Sean Sidi

On SUNDAY, good friends Basil and his wife Nathalie, arranged a LEAFLETTING PICNIC at GOLDEN GATE Park to support the SEARCH FOR SEAN SIDI. A small group of friends gathered, passed fliers to those in Golden Gate Park and posted fliers on the streets, then met up and picnicked under SEAN'S MISSING PERSON BANNER. 

Basil's and Nathalie's words to Claude and me were, 'We wanted to let you know that although we may not see you everyday, that we are WITH you - in the search for Sean - for the LONG RUN .. also to remind each other of the strength of COMMUNITY and the RESILIENCE OF THIS search for Sean (SIDI).' 

THANK YOU BASIL & NATHALIE & to ALL of YOU who continue to support us in our search for Sean. 

see www.facebook.com/findseansidi or www.seansidi.com for more information about the search for critically injured 19 year old Sean SIDI, missing from San Francisco, CA May 21, 2013. 

PIctures below of the SUNDAY PICNIC at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco & OF FRIEND BASIL, holding 3 day old SEAN (SIDI), 19 YEARS AGO

There are no words to express the sense of loss, devastation and agony that torment us every second of each day, since our son Sean (SIDI) vanished from San Francisco, CA on May 21, 2013. 

For the rest of our lives, we will live with the guilt of knowing that we failed to protect and locate Sean, when he went missing (on May 21, 2013) and needed us the most. We know that hundreds would have rallied instantly to help us find Sean had there been a way to communicate the call for help to everyone that day. 

BUT THE SYSTEM FAILED US, AND WE FAILED SEAN. 

In California (unlike some other states whose silver alert includes cognitively impaired young adults), there is NO equivalent of an amber or silver alert for citizens to be on the lookout for a young adult with a serious medical condition. 

Instead, one is left to do the best they can - on their own. 

It took us 2 days to get media's help. To make matters worse, police erroneously pinged Sean’s phone to a wrong location. By the time police correctly pinged Sean’s phone to the eastern end of Golden Gate Park, almost 10 DAYS after Sean went missing, it was TOO LATE. For the most crucial hours and days after Sean vanished on May 21, 2013 – he was left to fend on his own, ill and in the early stages of recovering from a critical brain injury, (very likely) with no memory of us, wandering - lost and cold. Sean has now been gone for over 8 months. 

We will continue to search for Sean until the end. However we are under no illusions as to the possible consequences of our failure to locate Sean, soon after he vanished on May 21, 2013. 

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See www.facebook.com/findseansidi or www.seansidi.com for more information on the desperate search for critically injured Sean SIDI, age 19, missing from San Francisco May 21, 2013. If you would like to post/distribute Sean’s missing person fliers (anywhere in the U.S.) please email lynnkching@yahoo.com to have fliers mailed to you. 

Sean is 19 yrs., is asian/white; 5'5" 120 lbs slim build; wears silver dental braces; right eye droops slightly; bump on right forehead from brain surgery; has dimples. 

Photos of Sean after 2 brain operations - several months before going missing on May 21, 2013.

Thanks to fliers being posted by all of you, tips continue to be called in. Two tips were called in over the last 3 days. 1 tip was called in from Novato and 1 from San Francisco.   In both cases, the caller thought the person they saw resembled Sean - but was not sure. (THANK YOU to those who called in the tips!!) 

WE DESPERATELY NEED A CONFIRMED SIGHTING OF SEAN.

IF YOU THINK THAT SOMEONE RESEMBLES SEAN, PLEASE TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOUR CELL PHONE. TEXT THE PICTURE TO 415.713.5913 or email lynnkching@yahoo.com. NOTE THE LOCATION, DATE AND EXACT TIME OF THE SEAN SIGHTING. PLEASE CALL ALL TIPS IN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 

MANY PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME THEY KEEP A PICTURE OF SEAN'S FLIER AND STORE IT IN THEIR CELL PHONE FOR REFERENCE. 

We know that it is NOT easy to recognize Sean, and that some of you have gone to extreme lengths to help us find Sean. One person stopped his car in the middle of traffic, before the on- ramp (in SF) to the freeway, blocked traffic, and ran across several lanes of traffic, when he thought he saw "SEAN". Upon catching up with "SEAN" and taking a closer look, he realized that he was mistaken. By that time a police officer was running towards him. Fortunately, for him - when explaining why he had stopped his car in the middle of traffic - the POLICE recognized the name (Missing) Sean SIDI, and let him go with a stern warning! 

We do not have many post-injury photos of Sean, but have posted as many as we have. Below is a description of SEAN SIDI, missing from San Francisco, CA May 21, 2013: 

Sean is 19 yrs old, Asian/White 5'5", 120 lbs slim build;
dark brown eyes; dark brown WAVY hair (AFRO if untrimmed);
BUMP on right forehead from brain surgery;
wears SILVER DENTAL BRACES;
RIGHT eye droops slightly;
has DIMPLES. 

For more information about brain injured Sean Sidi, age 19 who vanished from San Francisco May 21, 2013, see www.seansidi.com or www.facebook.com/findseansidi

LIFEGUARD "FINDS" MISSING MAN LIVING ON STREET AMONG HOMELESS 

PRIOR TO SEAN (SIDI) GOING MISSING from San Francisco, CA on May 21, 2013, I did not connect those living on the streets and in the parks with MISSING people. As it turns out, I have since learned that a good number of reported missing people are living amongst the homeless, TOO ILL to know that their families are desperately searching for them.

HERE IS A REAL LIFE STORY OF HOW 1 MISSING MAN WAS RECENTLY FOUND:

Yesterday, my friend Brenda distributed Sean's missing person fliers to lifeguards and the homeless along Laguna Beach in S. California. One of the lifeguards told Brenda how he had recently located a missing person amongst the people living on the streets/beaches. The lifeguard noticed that 1 of the homeless seemed very confused and in need of medical and mental health help. He talked to the man and the others living with the man, did some research and found out that the man was reported missing!!! 

As you look for Sean (SIDI) among those living on the streets or parks (in and out of San Francisco), please keep an eye open for the 4 other young men missing from San Francisco: Crishtian Hughes, Shawn Dickerson, Cameron Remmer and Jackson Miller.   LIKE SEAN SIDI, they all have families desperately searching for them.  

For more information, see www.seansidi.com or www.facebook.com/findseansidi.

Sean SIDI, age 19, suffered a severe traumatic brain injury prior to going missing from San Francisco, CA on May 21, 2013, and is urgent need of medical care. Sean is white/asian, 5'5", 120 lbs, dark brown wavy hair, dark brown eyes, wears silver dental braces, has dimples, slight bump on right forehead from brain surgery.

Yesterday, we reported a tip received from someone in San Rafael (Marin) about an older white male, with a mixed race (white/asian) teen at Peet's Coffee in San Rafael on or about January 4, 2014.  See Post of January 12, 2014. 

Later that evening, someone else reported seeing an older white male, with someone  resembling Sean.  This sighting occurred @ Dec 19, 2013 at Laurel Village, San Francisco.

We are attempting to secure video surveillance at both locations.

Please keep an eye open for Sean SIDI, age 19, missing from San Francisco, CA May 21, 2013. Sean suffered a severe traumatic brain injury prior to going missing and is urgent need of medical care.  Sean is white/asian, 5'5", 120 lbs, dark brown wavy hair, dark brown eyes, wears silver dental braces, has dimples, slight bump on right forehead from brain surgery.  

For more information, see www.seansidi.com or www.facebook.com/findseansidi. 

LAST NIGHT someone called in a possible "Sean sighting". This person was not aware of the search for Sean until seeing Sean's missing person flier in San Francisco, and then again in San Rafael, yesterday. Upon seeing the flier the second time in San Rafael (Marin) the caller felt compelled to call in a possible sighting. 

She described a mixed race (white/asian) teen in the company of an older white male at PEETS COFFEE in SAN RAFAEL (Marin). The teen was unresponsive and the older man kept pulling the teen towards him. 

THE CALLER WAS NOT SURE WHETHER THE TEEN WAS SEAN. (She could not recall whether the teen had dental braces, scar on forehead etc.) HOWEVER, SHE FELT COMPELLED TO ALERT US. 

WE ARE SEEKING HELP IN GETTING MORE INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN CONFIRM OR DENY THE SIGHTING. IF YOU SEE SOMEONE MEETING THE FOREGOING DESCRIPTION, PLEASE CALL and/or TEXT PICTURE (or information) TO 415.713.5913 or email to lynnkching@yahoo.com. 

Sean SIDI, age 19 yrs., suffered a severe traumatic brain injury shortly before going missing on May 21, 2013, from San Francisco, California. Sean is in URGENT NEED of medical care. Sean is 5'5", 120 lbs., Asian/Caucasian, dark brown wavy hair (LIKELY AN AFRO BY NOW IF NOT TRIMMED); dark brown eyes, wears SILVER DENTAL BRACES, has dimples, right eye droops slightly, has scar on right forehead from brain surgery. Sean may seem lost or confused. 

IF YOU CAN, PLEASE HELP POST SEAN'S MISSING PERSON FLIERS IN MARIN, SAN FRANCISCO & ELSEWHERE (ANYWHERE IN US). THE FLIERS ARE CRUCIAL IN GENERATING TIPS. 

TO HAVE SEAN'S MISSING PERSON FLIERS MAILED TO YOU, email lynnkching@yahoo.com. For more information about the search for Sean SIDI, see www.seansidi.com or www.facebook.com/findseansidi.

Dear Friends & Family,

In view of the search and rescue (SAR) team’s ‘strong scent’ recent find of Sean (see post of Dec 28, 2013), we are  seeking HELP posting Sean’s fliers.  THE FLIERS PLAY A CRUCIAL PART IN LOCATING SEAN.    

1.  THOSE LIVING OR WORKING IN SAN FRANCISCO:  

Fliers are pulled down by street cleaners within days of being posted.    Therefore, this time around, we would like to try the following (in addition to those who are so generously posting in a given area- thank you!!):

**** We are seeking help from as many people as possible to  POST JUST A FEW (3 OR 4)  of SEANS FLIERS on your weekly route –  and TO REPOST THE FLIERS AS NEEDED (i.e. as they are torn down), UNTIL SEAN IS FOUND.   If possible, please message or email lynnkching@yahoo.com, so that the GRID MAP can be completed.  The goal is to get most San Francisco streets posted with at least 1 of Sean’s Missing Person Flier.

2.  THOSE LIVING IN MARIN OR SONOMA COUNTY, NORTH ALONG HWY 1 OR 101.

There are various tips which make the Hwy 101 & Hwy 1 corridor (NORTH THRU MARIN AND SONOMA COUNTY) a posting priority (at this time) ALONG with San Francisco:   PLEASE POST IN THE CITIES IN MARIN AND SONOMA.  MANY PEOPLE LIVING HERE ARE NOT AWARE THAT SEAN IS CRITICALLY MISSING. 

3.   ELSEWHERE IN CALIFORNIA OR THE USA.  – PLEASE POST!!!!

YOUR FLIER MAY BE THE ONE THAT BRINGS SEAN HOME TO US, SAFE~!!

We will provide more information regarding tips received and upcoming plans, in the days to come.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU!!!

IN HOPE,

SEAN SIDI’S FAMILY

To have Sean's missing person fliers mailed to you please email lynnkching@yahoo.com.  For more information about critically injured Sean SIDI, age 19, missing from San Francisco CA May 21, 2013, see www.facebook.com/findseansidi or www.seansidi.com.

(PICTURE BELOW OF SEAN’S FLIER AT VAN NESS AND MARKET IN SAN FRANCISCO)