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Search For Missing 21-Year-Old In Brooklyn

phpR6fJ8rPM.jpg Twitter has been filled with pleas to help find Brooklyn resident Brianna Zani. The 21-year-old, who may be disoriented, originally went missing Tuesday night, leaving her wallet and cell phone in her Bushwick apartment. She was later found by police officers passed out in an alley and brought to Woodhull Hospital in Brooklyn—where she promptly escaped. Last night a team of friends and family searched the surrounding area for her, with no luck, and have now set up a website with more information. Zani is around 5' 5", has blond hair (that she has just shaved off), blue eyes, and is wearing a green shirt with blue jeans. A friend tells us, "She's INCREDIBLY intelligent, clever, and one of the sweetest girls I've had the pleasure of knowing. Her disappearance and recent erratic behavior is not like her." They ask if you find her, to please call 911.

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  • Radbecca

    A happy ending for the Zani family. I just hope she comes to grips with what she put her family through and is mentally stable enough to feel guilty... and if she does, I hope she's not too hard on herself.

  • kittycatgirlmeow

    O lawd I saw more pics of her today. From the full body shots, she is no 165 lbs. lol. People have no idea what weight women are cause they lie all the time! I am 5'6.5 and about 155, and I'm fairly slim...at least compared to what people imagine thanks to girls who weigh at least in the 180's being described as 20 lbs. less.

  • I looked at the pics on her myspace page

    http://www.myspace.com/xyzani

    She's definitely a big woman (especially her breasts) - and her claimed "165" weight might indeed be closer to 180.

  • Krooklyn

    yeah i don't get it...they want to find her by giving a not too accurate description? She's hitting closer to 180-200 for sure.

  • Maybe they're embarrassed that she's heavy.

    And if that's the case, no wonder she has issues!

    Which is really sad, because, on the real side, in the pics on her myspace, she actually looks really attractive and sexy (much better than the pics her family selected - which don't even show her true appearance)

  • Krooklyn

    yeah, mosdef, she ain't fugly...but she doesn't have a thin waist either. Yeah, I find a lot of holes in this missing persons case. especially from her supposed friends and what not. weird.

  • Yes, she's got a beautiful face and awesome breasts - but no, she's not slim. But every woman is beautiful in her own way and, in her own way, she's quite good looking (although I'd bet money that she doesn't think so - because pretty much all women think they are ugly, no matter how pretty they actually are).

    And if her family and friends are ashamed of her size (which might explain why they didn't provide an accurate description or picture - and she had plenty of pics they could have used on her myspace) then I'm sure she probably feels pretty bad about herself and how she looks, which is really sad, considering how important appearance is to many women's self esteem.

    Considering her mental health history, she might actually be missing (or laying low somewhere) - and, all jokes aside, I really do hope she gets the psychiatric help that she needs, because I hate to see people suffering and I'm sure she's gone through a lot.

  • SeasTooFarToReach

    According to the Daily News, she's bipolar and had stopped taking her medication. That's why she's missing. Stop being jerks!

    http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2010/03/20/2010-03-20_missing_woman_sought_on_twitter__facebook.html

  • greeen

    hoax or no hoax. hope it's not the next hipster grifter. something strange about this story beyond what her friends + family are saying.

  • Did you have to mention Korean Abdul-Jabar???

    Now we're going to have to read another 10,000 posts about her!

  • LB

    Does she have mental issues ? Or did she just overdose on some meds. ? Hate to say this but maybe she just wants to be alone .

  • kittycatgirlmeow

    I bet this is like the movies...she's trying to get away from the government or some shit.

  • SirDentes

    I hope she's alright, but damn that picture has mentally unstable written all over it.

  • microphalic

    Why did they leave her weight out of this article? You would think that info would be of great help..Survey Said!she is 165 lbs!

  • potsmoker

    im teabagging her right now!

    really why is a 21 year old white woman who walked out of a hospital news?

    really according to the blog it says make your way to the nieghborhood and please restrain her?

    lets guess how that works, i go to the hood around woodhulll, pick a random white girl out of the crowd and restrain her calling the cops because gothamist or a blog said so?

    you cannot restrain anybody on the street, they have to be wanted for a crime or committing a crime.

    restraining anyone on the street against their will is a crime, stupid people.

  • robingee

    Yes, we are clearly the stupid ones. Not you.

  • "We"???

    What are you, Queen Victoria?

    "We are not amused!"

    Do you always refer to yourself in the third person, or just when you post on Gothamist

  • robingee

    Who's talking to you?

  • You are

  • So, you're protesting her support of President Obama's health care plan?

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