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After Etan, SoHo community joined together

George Safee of Brooklyn, near the scene where

Photo credit: Craig Ruttle | George Safee of Brooklyn, near the scene where Etan Patz is now thought to have been abducted in 1979, says his wife, Gigi, saved a 1985 milk carton image of Patz. (May 25, 2012)

The disappearance of Etan Patz in 1979 stunned and frightened longtime SoHo resident Cesar Chelala, himself the father of a 9-year-old girl at the time.

As soon as word spread that little Etan was missing 33 years ago, Chelala kept a closer eye on his daughter and viewed his beloved lower Manhattan neighborhood with a bit more suspicion.

"We couldn't believe something like that was happening...

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