A Long Island man is being hailed as a hero after he found a found a missing autistic teenager sleeping in his backyard shed during this week's storm.
Newsday reports that Hempstead communications employee Mike Caputo was awarded a key to the town on Wednesday for finding 16-year-old Joseph Barbella.
The teen's father, John Barbella, says Joseph was missing for about 12 hours during the storm earlier this week.
Caputo heard police helicopters Tuesday morning and texted a neighbor to ask what was going on. The neighbor told him about the missing teen.
Caputo checked his backyard shed and found Joseph sleeping on the floor. He covered the teenager with a blanket and called 911.
John Barbella thanked Caputo and said his son was "a very lucky kid."
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