<p>I don’t know more about this but I just came upon it on a number of Stanford friends’ pages on facebook, and this is such a helpful message board, I thought I’d post in here in the hope that someone on CC would be able to help:</p>
<p>Do you know anyone in Malaysia? Jacob Boehm, a Stanford student, is missing there. His parents have filed a missing person case at the US & German embassies in Malaysia. If u know anything or know anyone in Malaysia, please email his mom at nluberoff@**********. Please make this ur status to help spread the word. He was last seen in Jerantut in the Pahang District.
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<p>You want this circulated through the expat community:</p>
<p>Send an email with information/photos to the directors of the international schools in Malaysia. Often the teachers have been in contact with traveling expats. ISKL, Mont Kiara schools in KL and any international schools near where he was last seen. These schools are just back in session, so the teachers have been out and about of late. </p>
<p>Find a HS student on Facebook who goes to these schools, and have them put out the word. </p>
<p>Send an email to the president of the American Women’s Association and AMCHAM in KL to get on their mailing lists. </p>
<p>There are some expat notice boards in the region. <a href=“http://www.expatkl.com%5B/url%5D”>www.expatkl.com</a> for example. Get the word out this way as well.</p>
<p>You need a lot of eyes…</p>
<p>Check hospitals… Check with International SOS to see what they know since they are the largest provider of evacuation services in the region. They hear about things. </p>
<p>Remember this is Ramadan. If he is in a largely Muslim area then the inefficiencies of the season can be impacting any search efforts…</p>
<p>He hasn’t been found yet, but from the San Jose Mercury, some encouraging news:
…“his mother, Nancy Luberoff, said that the Malaysia embassy had located records showing her son, Jacob Boehm, had stayed at a park lodge from Monday through Wednesday about an hour outside his last known whereabouts.”</p>
<p>Yes! Park rangers have noted that they have spoken to him, which is wonderful news (though I’m sure his parents are feeling a mix of relief and fury).</p>
<p>As a side note, I’m impressed by the power of social media in this case. His mother’s email went out early yesterday morning. By mid afternoon, it had been forwarded to me at least by 7 or 8 people, and at least 20 had posted it on Facebook (granted, I have several friends who attend Stanford, however, I only know Jacob very peripherally). A Facebook event was created to which 20K people were invited, as well as a separate Facebook page with many more followers. Facebook employees ran gratis ads in Malaysia, and a flyer was translated into Malay within hours. </p>
<p>Here is the note from Jacob’s parents on the Facebook wall:
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<p>Sort of a lovely story of support from strangers, in some ways.</p>
<p>I thought it was odd when we had to show passports at all of our hotels in a foreign country this summer. I guess it really would be helpful should something happen to someone. Do all countries require this?</p>
<p>Better safe than sorry. The parents never would have forgiven themselves if they had not acted quickly if he was in trouble. I’m also very glad that he’s alive and well.</p>
<p>According to the San Jose Mercury, Boehm was hiking in the jungle with a guided group, yet there was no record of him entering the wilderness. It took the search party 11 hours to find him, and the search party was fasting for Ramadan, making the search much more arduous. Everyone entering jungle is required to get a permit, so my guess is that someone will get called on the carpet for this. All’s well that ends well, however.</p>
<p>Umm - the link in post 12 said there was an entry to the park recorded for him.</p>
<p>I have mixed feelings about the missing person report being filed. I understand the parents wanting to know his whereabouts, but every day, from across the world seems like a bit much. The link said he’d spent a year traveling, so he seems to know what he’s doing. I hear those rotors…</p>