A 5-year-old boy with autism, who was supposed to be in school, was found wandering around a Manhattan subway station.

Police say a Good Samaritan found Synciere Decker at the 23rd Street Station in Chelsea around 12:30 p.m. Thursday.

They say he had walked there from P.S. 11 on 21st Street, which is about two blocks away.

Thankfully the boy had a piece of paper with his mother's phone number on it, so the police were able to call her and reunite her with her son.

"Anything could have happened to him from the time he walked out of school until the time he went to that train station on the platform, so I was upset and I feel for his safety," the boy’s mother, Mildred Deckard said.

The Department of education released a statement saying, "This serious incident was immediately reported to NYPD, and the student was swiftly and safely found. We’ve suspended a substitute paraprofessional without pay pending the outcome of an investigation, and will take any additional follow-up action necessary while continuing to provide support to the school."