HITTING HOME: British Cop flew to the US to find his son.

'I want my boy out of that Superdome'  Times of London, 3 Sept 2005

A BRITISH police inspector flew out to America yesterday to track down his son who is missing in New Orleans. Inspector Wayne Henry was last night trying to trace Peter, 20, among the tens of thousands of survivors trapped in the city’s Superdome. Four days ago, Peter sent a text message to his family in Epsom, Surrey, saying that he was petrified but alive. On Thursday they received a voice message saying he was experiencing the worst days of his life, but planned to continue his tour. Yesterday Mr Henry, with the Metropolitan Police for nearly thirty years and based in Hammersmith, West London, flew to Houston with photographs of his son. Speaking minutes before he boarded his Heathrow flight, Mr Henry, 48, said: “It is the frustration of being absolutely helpless and not being able to do anything at all to help. I have got to make sure that he is there . . . I need to do it.” The Foreign and Commonwealth Office hotline for concerned relatives is 020-7008 0000. The 24-hour contact number at the Houston British Consulate is 001-713 659 6270.