Retired firefighter goes missing from Amtrak train
Amtrak police are searching for a retired San Francisco firefighter who went missing while traveling to visit family in Montreal.
Charlie Dowd, 69, left the Bay Area on Wednesday. He last spoke to his son by cell phone Thursday night, saying he was just outside of Denver, Colorado, his family said.
When Dowd's train arrived in Chicago on Friday, he was not on it. His luggage, cell phone and medication were found in his sleeping car, the family said on a Facebook page they set up to find him.
His daughter said Dowd is under a doctor's care and may need medical attention.
"He has medical needs and does need his medication for high blood pressure and heart disease," Jennifer Dowd told CNN affiliate KGO. "He is diabetic, but for medical reasons we obviously want him. We need to know where he is."
More: http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/17/us/missing-amtrak-passenger/index.html?iref=obnetwork
