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Post by CSA FD on Sept 6, 2008 21:47:46 GMT -5
 (M) Teacher Hannah Upp $10G Reward Offered for Help Finding Missing New York City Teacher Saturday, September 06, 2008 NEW YORK — Authorities and a teachers' union are offering rewards for help finding a 23-year-old upper Manhattan school teacher who disappeared just days before classes began. The United Federation of Teachers announced a $10,000 reward Friday, adding to a $2,000 reward offered by the New York Police Department's Crime Stoppers unit. The union also sent counselors to the Thurgood Marshall Academy in East Harlem, where Hannah Upp was supposed to have started her second year of teaching Tuesday. Police say Upp was last seen about 2:30 p.m. Aug. 29 as she left her apartment in the Hamilton Heights neighborhood. Upp's roommates later found her keys, phone, ATM card, MetroCard, wallet and passport in her room. |
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Post by CSA FD on Sept 7, 2008 14:17:23 GMT -5
TWICE MISSING
September 7, 2008
A Harlem teacher who disappeared more than a week ago went AWOL for three days last year, a police source said yesterday.
Hannah Upp, 23, missing since Aug. 29, had been disciplined last year by Thurgood Marshall Academy's principal for not coming to work, the source said. "She got a slap on the wrist," he said.
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Post by CSA FD on Sept 8, 2008 14:17:56 GMT -5
Friends of Missing School Teacher Suspect Foul Play
Monday, September 08, 2008
NEW YORK — Friends of missing Manhattan school teacher Hannah Upp say it is unlikely she ran away or left the area willingly.
Upp's friends and roommate told FOX News on Sunday that the 23-year-old teacher left her personal belongings behind in the her apartment — including her purse, wallet, and cell phone — and did not indicate that she planned to leave town.
They said Upp was excited to begin her second year of teaching at at Thurgood Marshall Academey in East Harlem, N.Y.
Authorities and a teachers' union are offering rewards for help finding Upp who disappeared just days before classes began.
The United Federation of Teachers announced a $10,000 reward Friday, adding to a $2,000 reward offered by the New York Police Department's Crime Stoppers unit.
Police say Upp was last seen about 2:30 p.m. Aug. 29 as she left her apartment in the Hamilton Heights neighborhood.
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Post by CSA FD on Sept 9, 2008 15:08:54 GMT -5
VANISH TEACH VID SIGHTING
September 9, 2008
A Harlem teacher who disappeared more than a week ago was spotted in Midtown yesterday, cops said.
Hannah Upp, 23, was filmed by a surveillance camera shopping near Fifth Avenue and 59th Street at 9:15 a.m.
It's not known how she got there or if she was with anyone, but a source said its not believed Upp is being held against her will.
Cops are still searching for the beautiful Bryn Mawr College graduate, who is a teaching fellow at the Thurgood Marshall Academy, but her family was heartened by the latest news.
"We do definitely feel much more hopeful and more encouraged," Upp's brother Dan said when reached in Japan. "We just want Hannah to come back home safe. We're waiting with open arms and open hearts."
Upp disappeared on Aug. 29. Concerned friends have posted flyers with her picture in Times Square after she used an ATM card in a movie theater near there.
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Post by CSA FD on Sept 10, 2008 15:55:07 GMT -5
September 10, 2008
Cops Confirm Missing Teacher was Recently Seen
Yesterday, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said that 23-year-old missing teacher Hannah Upp, last seen on August 29, was spotted at the Fifth Avenue Apple Store. According to the Daily News, Kelly said, "We know that because a classmate saw her and approached her in the store," and then police checked tapes.
One source tells the Post that apparently Upp was "petrified of going back" to Thurgood Marshall Academy, the Harlem school where she taught, and "wigged out and went AWOL...We think family members might know where she is and they're just trying to talk her off whatever ledge she's on."
The police also suspect Upp may be bipolar and stopped taking her medication, though her family denies it. The additional realization that Upp is also part of the freegans--those who scavenge through garbage at stores and restaurants for food (she was even photographed in a July Daily News story)--led a News source to say, "We want to find her and see if she is all right. She, right now, is off the grid. If she did join the ranks of this new kind of hobo, we need to know."
Upp's family is hopeful and simply wants her to return home. The United Federation of Teachers is still offering a $10,000 reward.
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Post by CSA FD on Sept 16, 2008 14:33:21 GMT -5
Missing New York City Teacher Rescued From Harbor by Ferry Captain
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
NEW YORK — Police say a 23-year-old teacher who disappeared from her Manhattan apartment jumped into New York Harbor and was rescued by a Staten Island ferry captain.
Hannah Upp is in stable condition.
She was last seen Aug. 29. She vanished days before classes started at Thurgood Marshall Academy, and her family and friends launched a massive search. Her credit cars and personal belongings were left her in apartment.
Police say she was apparently spotted at least twice after disappearing in various locations around the city.
Police say she jumped from a Staten Island pier on Tuesday afternoon. A ferry captain en route from Manhattan spotted her in the water and rescued her.
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Post by CSA FD on Sept 17, 2008 23:53:38 GMT -5
Missing New York City Teacher Rescued From Harbor by Ferry Captain During Apparent Suicide Attempt
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
NEW YORK — A New York City teacher missing since last month was saved by a ferry captain Tuesday after she jumped into the harbor in an apparent suicide attempt.
Hannah Upp, 23, was in stable condition after the dramatic midday rescue in New York Harbor by the crew of a Staten Island ferry.
Police say she jumped from a pier in Staten Island. A captain en route from Manhattan spotted her.
"The story I hear was that the ferry crew observed a female in the water, deployed a rescue craft and brought the female victim to St. George ferry terminal" in Staten Island, NYPD Officer Martin Brown told FOXNews.com.
Brown declined to offer details about Upp's mental state or physical condition or confirm that she was trying to take her life, saying those details were unknown and an investigation was under way.
The young teacher, who had a pulse but wasn't conscious when she was brought onto the boat, was taken to Richmond Hospital in Staten Island, according to a Department of Transportation spokeswoman.
Brown confirmed that her injuries weren't life threatening.
"She's not likely to die," Brown told FOXNews.com.
She was wearing a black athletic tank top and red shorts with no shoes, according to DOT Executive Director of Safety and Security Margaret Gordon.
Upp was last seen Aug. 29 after disappearing from her Manhattan apartment days before classes started at Thurgood Marshall Academy.
Brown said it wasn't yet clear why she vanished. The NYPD plan to interview Upp as part of their investigation.
Upp's family and friends launched a massive search. Her credit cards and personal belongings were found in her apartment.
Police say she was apparently spotted at least twice in various locations around the city, including at an Apple store, where she was seen using a computer to check e-mail.
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Post by CSA FD on Oct 5, 2008 21:55:06 GMT -5
October 5, 2008
Hannah Upp Updates Her Status, Remembers Little
Hannah Upp has broken her silence and left a note on Facebook claiming that she suffers from dissociative fugue, a condition that has caused her to remember very little from the 19 days she went missing last month. After Upp's disappearance, she was found floating in water off Staten Island on September 16th, following what appeared to be a suicide attempt. The Daily News reports that the school teacher posted a Note on her Facebook page (set to private) saying, "As is typical of a case of dissociative fugue, I was not aware of my own identity and I emerged from the episode with essentially no memory of what happened during the time I was missing." Dissociative fugue is more common of survivors of war, accidents and natural disasters who enter into episodes where they remember little to nothing of their identity. A psychiatrist tells the News that Upp's behavior, which included being spotted twice in four days checking her email at the Apple Store, is not typical of dissociative fugue.
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Post by CSA FD on Oct 16, 2008 14:46:15 GMT -5
Hannah Upp Makes Surprise Public Appearance
Last night the Community Board 1 held a meeting which doubled as an awards ceremony for the SI Ferry workers who saved Hannah Upp. The teacher who went missing from August 29th to September 16th was eventually found floating in the New York Harbor by the ferry workers, and last night she went to honor them herself. During her surprise appearance, she told the SI Advance, "The evening is really about them. I am recovering and grateful for all the support." She was last heard from earlier this month when she updated her Facebook status. Upp also privately visited the men last week, and one of them, Captain Covella, said last night that he "was honored that God chose me and my crew to fulfill their prayers."
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