CRUISING TO THE RESCUE: Autistic boy STRANDED in Aruba for 3 WEEKS after panic attack on plane arrives home

CRUISING TO THE RESCUE: Autistic boy STRANDED in Aruba for 3 WEEKS after panic attack on plane arrives home
Jamie Greene (R) and her son Elijah (L) remained on the Carribean island for three weeks, posting appeals for help on social media (Jamie Greene/Facebook)

Jamie Greene was on vacation with her boyfriend Carlos Pacheco, and her sons 15-year-old Elijah Kapatos, 12-year-old Brice, and 7-year-old Brandon, in Aruba. But when the Toms River, New Jersey residents arrived at the Oranjestad Airport for their return flight, Elijah, who has low-functioning, non-verbal autism, became startled. 

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The teenager stopped at the doorway and started screaming "toilet" which was his way of saying something was wrong. "I gave him a gentle nudge and we made it to our seats, then he lost control. He refused to sit, and Jamie and I had to hold him down. Something caused him to be overwhelmed, and he began to hit (Greene) and me and continued screaming," Pacheco told NJ.com.