Homeless Man Discovers His True Identity When He Reached 67 Years Old

Published on 06/29/2022
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Challenges In His Life

The circumstances surrounding Myers were not unique in any way. A significant number of homeless persons have been estranged from their families due to factors such as mental illness, a lack of access to technology or the inability to utilize it, or simply because they are embarrassed by their situation. They vanish into thin air, and no one can recall that they were a part of history.

Challenges In His Life

Challenges In His Life

Since Myers did not have a place to call his own permanently, he did not have too much access to modern technologies. Because he was unable to access it, he was unable to make use of the internet. Because of his advanced age, he could no longer keep up with the rapid pace at which technology was advancing, making it even less probable that he would ever be able to reestablish contact with his previous existence.

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Askins Began To Work

Askins returned to work almost as soon as he finished his conversation with Swalwell and Myers. Because he could only go off of what was written on the birth certificate, his task ended up being more difficult than it should have been. He had to make his way to the courts to get further details.

Askins Began To Work

Askins Began To Work

In the more recent years, there has been a significant shift in both the system that is used to keep birth data and the accessibility of that information. On the other hand, this was not the case throughout the decade of the 1950s. People interested in seeing the documents had to go through a large number of other papers to find them since they hadn’t been digitized yet.

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