Alfred Falzon, 77-Year-Old Father Of 1010 WINS Reporter, Found Alive

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- The 77-year-old father of 1010 WINS reporter Andrew Falzon has been found after he was reported missing on Long Island.

"He has been found. Alive. Responsive. More details to follow," Andrew posted on Facebook around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

His father, Alfred Falzon, disappeared from his assisted living home on Brush Hollow Road in Westbury around 2 a.m. Monday.

"The door that he left through, the alarm apparently didn't go off," Andrew, said.

Alfred has dementia and may have been in need of medical attention.

"Because of his dementia he does have limited communicative and verbal capacity but he does respond to his name, he does remember his name," Andrew said, adding that his father has never wandered off before. "The folks at the assisted living facility are very surprised by it and quite honestly I'm very surprised by it as well but with the disease it is par for the course and the problem with dementia symptoms is you don't know when they're going to pop up, they just do."

For 36 hours, his family had searched far and wide.

"We've been looking for my cousin Alfred Falzon. Going around to fire departments, hospitals. Looking along the Wantagh Parkway, the Northern State Parkway," cousin Melissa Garofalo said. "Searching on foot, giving flyers out."

They received the news that he was missing from the staff at the Amber Court assisted living center. He slipped out a side door unnoticed.

Andrew said the staff showed him surveillance video of his father rising from his bed.

"He made his way down the hallway, made his way down a flight of steps, and then made his way out the door," he said. "So how someone didn't spot that sooner is certainly up for debate and up for question."

A spokesperson for the facility told CBS2 "our facility has never had a situation similar to this. We are working closely with the family to determine where he may have gone."

Management would not answer whether all doors are kept locked at all times, especially overnight, saying only that residents do have some freedom to come and go.

That didn't satisfy Andrew.

"I'm very upset. He's my father, he's 77 years old, he has dementia, he's cognitively impaired and he's trying to figure out his way around in a very strange world right now," he said.

The family was comforted by police reports that Alfred has been spotted twice – first outside a fast food restaurant on nearby Jericho Turnpike, then walking along the westbound side of the Northern State Parkway.