US outrage over public service cutbacks across America has found a rallying point in the death of 12-year-old Frank Marasco Flanked by two silver balloons bearing the words “I love you‚” and a forlorn blue cuddly toy, the face of 12-year-old Frank Marasco smiles out from a collage of pictures assembled by shocked neighbours on the veranda of his burned-out home. The young autistic boy died in a fire last week thought to have been sparked by a discarded cigarette.