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'System failed Josh at every level': Man with disability dies after being detained at train station

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The family of a disabled man who died after being detained at a train station believe his death could have been prevented. 9News

The family of a disabled man who died after being detained at a train station believe his death could have been prevented.

Transit security who knew the man and referred to him as JJ asked him to "come up for fresh air" before he was arrested. Josh lived with Sotos syndrome, a genetic condition causing physical overgrowth during the first years of life.

 

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