As I write this, there is a huge funeral in progress and thousands of people from the Hasidic Jewish community are expected to fill the streets in the Borough Park neighborhood.
They'll be counting the funeral watchers in TENS of thousands.
The Hasidim are VERY clannish and have a strong sense of community. When the kid first disappeared the word got out in the neighborhood and they quickly had a thousand volunteers scouring the neighborhood looking for the boy. Within 24 hours $100,000 was offered as a reward (an amazing amount in a relatively short period of time).
One thing I don't understand.... how did the parents allow this eight year old to be on his own on the streets of Brooklyn? I grew up in a less crazed time and I wasn't allowed on my own in the streets at that age.
