Thousands of searchers looked for the toddler , but the boy was nowhere to be found . Unnamed Michigan man says he was toddler who went missing in 1955 . 2-year-old Steven Damman vanished from in front of a Long Island , New York , bakery . Toddler 's father : `` You never give up hope , [ but ] things dim after all those years '' and you know that the police will find him one day -- so why not try to make it last as long as possible? "
Unnamed Michigan man says he was toddler who went missing in 1955 . 2-year-old Steven Damman vanished from in front of a Long Island , New York , bakery . Toddler 's father : `` You never give up hope , [ but ] things dim after all those years '' and you know that the police will find him one day -- so why not try to make it last as long as possible? "