Teacher:In this task, you are given a text of many news articles seperated by special token "|||||". Your task is to summarize them.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: A Buffalo boy who survived two days alone with his mother's dead body is recovering from his tragic loss, and is receiving an outpouring of support from the community. 
  
 Bryan Keith Allen, Jr., 4, was discovered Friday by a Rent-A-Center driver making a scheduled delivery to his apartment, the Buffalo News reported. Taijuan Littleton said he knew something was wrong when the boy answered the phone when he called ahead of the delivery Friday morning. 
  
 When Littleton arrived, he knocked, but Bryan's mother, Shaleena Hamilton, did not answer the door. Instead, he could hear Bryan's voice, and attempted to engage him in a conversation. 
  
 "Littleton said he heard the boy talking to his mother," Homicide Detective Sgt. Jim Dunham told the Buffalo News. "He asked the boy to open the door, but he didn't. Littleton then looked through the window and saw the mother lying on the floor at the foot of the stairs. At that point, Littleton called 911. He also asked the boy again to open the door, and he did." 
  
 Bryan Allen is "doing well" after he survived 48 hours, after his mom died. Thought mom was sleeping @news4buffalo pic.twitter.com/UZXUma2c6S — Marissa Perlman (@MPerlman4) December 14, 2015 
  
 Littleton took Bryan to his truck when he realized Hamilton was dead. He comforted Bryan until police arrived. 
  
 Hamilton had suffered a blood clot near her heart, and died when she fell down the stairs and broke her neck. Bryan survived for two days on milk and maple sugar, believing his mother was just sleeping. 
  
 When Buffalo Police learned of Bryan's story, they contacted Lt. Steven Nichols, who is involved in a program that gives away bikes to children in the community. 
  
 They had a shiny red bicycle ready for Bryan on Monday, but as the story spread, other people wanted to donate. Members of the public began dropping off gifts with Police Department employees throughout the city, and Bryan had a mountain of packages sent to him, piled up across the Buffalo Police Headquarters by the end of the day. 
  
 Bryan won't be here, but here's his new bike pic.twitter.com/pOjtb55QFu — Aaron Besecker (@AaronBesecker) December 14, 2015 
  
 Buffalo Police collecting gifts for little boy, 4, who lived by himself after mom died last week @WKBW pic.twitter.com/ALkpjKt4OX — Ed Reilly (@WKBWedreilly) December 14, 2015 
  
 "Hopefully, it will make his Christmas a little bit better," Buffalo Police Commissioner Daniel Derenda said while presenting the gifts to some of Bryan's family members on Monday. 
  
 "He's going to love this," Thomas Porter, Bryan's maternal grandfather told the Buffalo News. "He's not going to know what to open up first." 
  
 Bryan is reportedly doing a little better, though family members told the Buffalo News that he was still talking about how "mommy was sleeping" at her funeral over the weekend. 
  
 Porter said his stepson, Bryan's uncle, may come back to the Buffalo area to become a caregiver for the boy. A GoFundMe campaign in support of the Bryan has been set up. 
  
 Bryan is the second Upstate New York child to be flooded with sympathy and support from strangers this holiday season. 
  
 Schenectady 8-year-old Safyre Terry, an arson survivor who lost her family, asked for just enough Christmas cards to fill a second hand card tree. She received thousands of cards, gifts, and even a trip to Disney World from generous well-wishers around the world. 
  
  ||||| Skip Ad x Embed x Share A quick-thinking Rent-A-Center employee helps rescue a 4-year-old who was too young to realize his mother had passed away. 
  
 Employees at a Rent-A-Center in New York helped a four-year-old who was left alone for two days after his mother died (Photo: Video screenshot) 
  
 BUFFALO, N.Y. - Four-year-old Bryan had spent two days alone in his Buffalo, N.Y., home after the death of his mother-- too young to understand what had happened, and too young to find access to food. 
  
 He consumed only milk and maple syrup for 48 hours. 
  
 Police say he is now safe -- thanks to employees of a nearby Rent-A-Center and police officers. 
  
 Taijuan Littleton, who has worked for Rent-A-Center for 15 years, was the first person to notice a problem at the boy's home. He communicated frequently with Bryan's mother about orders and payments, but she did not return his calls for a few days. Finally, on Dec. 4, Littleton called for the third day in a row. 
  
 Bryan answered. 
  
 "Instinct kicked in," Littleton said, "that something may be wrong." 
  
 Bryan told Littleton that he could not wake his mother. Littleton immediately gave the phone to his co-worker, who stayed on the line with Bryan, and he then rushed to the home, where he found the boy's mother dead. 
  
 Littleton wrapped Bryan in a blanket, took him to his truck and then waited for the police to arrive after calling 911. 
  
 "He did what we ask everyone to do," Buffalo Police Lt. Steve Nichols said, praising Littleton for helping assist his officers. "And in this case, it's a little boy who was sitting at home drinking milk and maple syrup for two days, and he may have stayed there longer had Taijuan not showed up at the house." 
  
 Littleton said the boy did not understand the situation but did express an extreme desire for food. 
  
 Littleton said the responding officer took Bryan to McDonald's. 
  
 Nichols, who runs a bike giveaway under a state-grant program, heard the story from his fellow officers and decided to give Bryan his own bicycle. That prompted even more gifts for Bryan, all coming from people touched by his tragedy. 
  
 "Gifts have been pouring in from the officers, from the report technicians, from the community, and we're continuing to get phone calls," Nichols said. "It's just been overwhelming." 
  
 Police have given Bryan's family members the gifts. The boy is resting in a foster home right now, but police also said the boy's uncle from North Carolina plans to take him into his own home. 
  
 Littleton, meanwhile, is quick to credit his co-workers and the police for their collaborative help. 
  
 "All I can do is just pray that the little boy has a good childhood," Littleton said. "I hope that he grows up to be a good Samaritan." 
  
 Read or Share this story: http://usat.ly/1QP81T0 ||||| Bryan Keith Allen Jr. lived through a tragedy for at least two days, not knowing who to turn to. And he is only 4 years old. 
  
 “Mom, wake up! I’m hungry,” he would call out. 
  
 Other tenants in the three-unit apartment building on East Delavan where he and his mother lived occasionally heard Bryan call out he was hungry. But the boy would quiet down, so neighbors did not think too much of it. Kids are always hungry, they reasoned. 
  
 Then, a week ago Friday, a terrible discovery was made. 
  
 The boy’s mother was dead. 
  
 “He thought she was sleeping,” Community Police Lt. Steve Nichols said. “He had been living off of milk and maple syrup.” 
  
 Police credit a Rent-A-Center worker with possibly saving the boy’s life. Taijuan Littleton drove to the family’s apartment to follow up on a previously scheduled appointment that Friday. 
  
 When Littleton arrived at the apartment on the 1300 block of East Delavan Avenue, he knocked at the door, but Shaleena Hamilton, a longtime customer of his, did not answer. 
  
 From behind the door, Littleton could hear the voice of her son. Rather than leave, Littleton engaged Bryan in conversation, though the boy refused to open the door. 
  
 “Littleton said he heard the boy talking to his mother,” Homicide Detective Sgt. Jim Dunham said. “He asked the boy to open the door, but he didn’t. Littleton then looked through the window and saw the mother lying on the floor at the foot of the stairs. At that point, Littleton called 911. He also asked the boy again to open the door, and he did.” 
  
 Realizing that the 43-year-old mother was dead, Littleton ushered the boy from the apartment. 
  
 “He took him into his work truck and comforted the child until the police arrived,” the detective sergeant said. 
  
 Bryan was cold, so when Littleton took him to the his work truck, he wrapped the boy in a cover and turned on the heat in the vehicle. 
  
 “The boy could have been there for countless more days, if not for the action of this individual,” Dunham said. 
  
 As for Littleton, he explained: “Any decent human being would have done the same. I don’t think I did anything special.” 
  
 Northeast District patrol officers who responded called the Homicide Bureau. Detectives David Rambino and Mark White, along with Dunham, arrived and began their investigation in an effort to determine how and when Hamilton died. 
  
 In speaking with other apartment building residents and friends of Hamilton, they determined she was last seen alive on Tuesday, Dec. 1. 
  
 The Erie County Medical Examiner’s Office also helped solve the mystery. The staff conducted an autopsy and ruled Bryan’s mother had died of natural causes, probably within 48 hours of Littleton’s discovery. 
  
 “Because the medical examiner performed the autopsy right away, we were able to learn that she died of natural causes and we did not have to secure the scene,” Dunham said. 
  
 Homicide Detective Scott Malec located Bryan’s father and told him what had happened. The father then went to Women & Children’s Hospital to be with his son. Bryan had been taken there for a check-up. The boy was in good health and has been placed with relatives. 
  
 “Bryan was a little disheveled, but anyone at 4 years old living alone for two days would be,” Dunham said. 
  
 The case has stuck with homicide detectives. They investigate all kinds of heartbreaking situations and cope with them. But the thought of a little boy alone with his dead mother, drinking milk and maple syrup to survive, especially touched them. 
  
 So they reached out to Nichols, who is known in the department for finding ways to promote good will between police and the citizens. 
  
 “The homicide detectives said to me, if ever there was a situation where someone was in need, this child qualifies,” said Nichols. 
  
 He went into action, making arrangements to purchase a two-wheel bicycle for the child with money from a special grant designated to assist community members. 
  
 But the detectives wanted to do even more to make Bryan feel special. 
  
 So at 11:30 a.m. Monday in the academy on the second floor of Buffalo Police Headquarters, a reception for Bryan and his family will be held where the shiny new bicycle will be presented. 
  
 Police also are appealing to the public to help make Bryan’s first Christmas without his mother special. 
  
 “Anyone who wants to donate a present can at Police Headquarters or at our district stations,” Nichols said. “This is about trying to make a nice Christmas for this boy.” 
  
 Police Commissioner Daniel Derenda commended the detectives and Nichols for going the extra step. 
  
 “This young child went through a tragic experience,” Derenda said. “Hopefully, the bicycle can take his mind off recent events, if only for a little while.” 
  
 email: lmichel@buffnews.com |||||
Student:
A 4-year-old boy in Buffalo, New York, is recovering after spending two days living on milk and maple syrup while trapped in an apartment with his dead mother, USA Today reports. A blood clot caused Shaleena Hamilton to fall down the stairs and break her neck earlier this month, according to Syracuse.com. Buffalo News reports neighbors could hear Hamilton's son Bryan yelling, "Mom, wake up! I'm hungry," but they didn't do anything, figuring kids are always complaining about being hungry. Police credit Taijuan Littleton, an employee at a Rent-A-Center where Hamilton was a frequent customer, for rescuing Bryan, according to USA Today. Littleton grew concerned when Hamilton didn't return his calls about an upcoming appointment. On Dec. 4—the third day of calling—Bryan answered the phone and said he couldn't wake his mom up. Littleton rushed to Hamilton's home, where he could hear Bryan talking to his mom, Buffalo News reports. Littleton called 911 and, after convincing Bryan to open the door, kept the child warm until police arrived. Littleton brushed off praise from police. “Any decent human being would have done the same," he says. "I don’t think I did anything special.” But Littleton's wasn't the only good deed. Donated gifts have been pouring in from the community and police officers hoping to brighten Bryan's first Christmas without his mother. "It's just been overwhelming," one officer tells USA Today. Bryan's uncle plans to take custody. "All I can do is just pray that the little boy has a good childhood," Littleton says. "I hope that he grows up to be a good Samaritan." A GoFundMe page for Bryan can be found here.