Israel Nunez, a livery car driver was laying in the hospital while his family frantically
searched for him.  A mistake by Queens hospital identified him as Daniel Nunez instead of Israel Nunez, reports the NY Daily News.  

Nunez was there because of injuries sustained when he was apparently attacked by an unknown person, leaving him sitting on a curb with a cracked skull. 

Nunez is in the hospital recovering from his injuries.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/missing-cabbie-found-jamaica-hospital-bed-cracked-skull-article-1.1310243