
Martin and Jenny took him to a specialist, Dr. In March of 1990, Simon, his parents, and Peter moved from 4948 North Natchez Avenue to 2144 West 23rd Street, where Simon's life would forever change. Simon could speak though, but he only repeated everything he heard, never communicating. For a time, he seemed like a normal child, that is, until Martin and Jenny noticed that Simon's development was proceding unsually slow - he had failed to develop any communications skills by his second birthday and instinctively shyed away from contact with anyone but his immediate family. He was brought home about seven days later, a bit longer than usual, due to some unforseen, yet minor, health complications. on Maat Concordia Hospital to Martin and Jenny Lynch. His brain capacity has been estimated to be as much as three to sixteen times that of a normal human.
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Simon had autism his whole life up until February 1999, and was also considered an autistic savant, as he could - and still can - read MERCURY code (as easily as others can read their native language), even though it was invalidated by Divison mere months after he first deciphered it. Colonel Nicholas Kudrow of the NSA's Division department. A native of Chicago, Illinois his whole life, he was foster son of the now-deceased Scott and Katharine Smith, who took him in from the foster system on June 26, 1998, nearly three weeks after his parents were killed by Peter Burrell, second in command to Lt. Simon James Lynch, also known by his nicknames of Sim/ Sim-Jim (given by his brother Peter), Bud, or Champ and most commonly known by just his first name, Simon, is the son of Martin and Jenny Lynch, younger brother of Peter Lynch, and the main protagonist of Mercury Rising and The Series. " His name is Simon Lynch, he lives in Chicago, he is nine years old, and he has deciphered a message written in the most sophisticated code the world has ever known." - Nicholas Kudrow

Special consultant for FBI as of June 1999 to rescue a young boy from a delusional kidnapper." (1:37)Ī teacher uses a hand gesture to encourage a child to look at her.Simon at the IBM Building's GEX skydeck.
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that your billioin dollar uncrackable code has been cracked by a 9-year-old autistic boy." (1:32) NSA chief Nick tells another party guest, "Drugs my dear, massive doses of drugs." (1:30)Īrt tells Nick, ". Simon quickly finishes a picture puzzle with the picture facing down. Tommy: "But if you are, then I guess I'm paranoid too." (1:17) "I need to go get a prescription filled." (1:08)Īrt asks cryptographer Dean, "Why does the NSA want a 9-year-old autistic boy?" (1:10)Īrt asks Tommy, "You still think I'm paranoid?" (1:01)Īrt tells salesperson Stacey, referring to Simon, "He's autistic." Simon gives Art accurate directions from his memory of the street map. Simon rocks as he perseverates, "Daddy is going to sing." (0:57) Tommy tells Art, "I thought you were done taking those downers." (0:56) Tommy: "I cannot handle this paranoid conspiracy crap." NSA hit man Peter, posing as a doctor tells Art, referring to Simon, "He suffered a minor head injury." (0:44)Īrt's friend FBI agent Tommy asks Art, "Are you crazy?" Newspaper headline: "Family Murder Suicide." (0:40) Nurse: "He has trouble with feelings and emotions." (0:38) (0:36)Ī nurse tells Art, referring to Simon, "He's autistic." Art shows the picture communication cards he found. But it's not unusual for an autistic person to be a savant."ĭetective Nichols tells Art, "Looks like a murder suicide."Īrt tells Nichols, "If the coroner says murder suicide, then they can go."ĮMTs restrain Simon in an ambulance. Nick: "So our two billion-dollar code is an open book to people of diminished capacity?"ĭean: "Autism isn't synonymous with diminished capacity.

NSA chief Nick tells Leo and NSA cryptographer Dean, "He is autistic." I'm so glad I missed the whole drug thing so my body was virgin territory for caffeine." (0:24) NSA worker Emily asks the NSA cryptographer Leo, "Who needs a fix?. Simon looks at his age picture communication cards.

Sign on building: "The Chicago Neuropsychiatric Learning Center"įBI chief Joe tells FBI agent Art, "The psychologist wrote delusional paranoia in capital letters across the bottom of your file." (0:12)
