PEMBROKE PINES, FLA. (WSVN) - A child has been reunited with his family after he was found wandering around a Pembroke Pines neighborhood.
Residents in the area of Southwest 164th Terrace and First Court said they saw a boy alone outside at around 9 a.m., Tuesday.
“There’s a child on the street,” Stacey Jimenez, who found the child, said. “I would hope that anyone would do that for any child found on the street.”
Jimenez said she went door to door trying to locate the boy’s parents before calling police.
“This morning, I was coming in the neighborhood. I saw the child running on the sidewalk,” said Jimenez. “I stopped, asked him where his mommy was. He didn’t know. At that point, I just started knocking on doors, and then the ladies all started helping me look for him. Luckily, three hours later we found them. Luckily, it was right down the street, quite a few doors down, but I’m glad we found the parents.”
Pembroke Pines Police took to Twitter to announce they were in the area searching for the toddler’s parents. Shortly after, the department announced the child’s parents were located.
“We started walking around canvassing the neighborhood,” Garrick Wilson, who helped find the child’s parents, said. “We did that for a little bit, and somebody said we need to call the police.”
7SkyForce HD hovered over the scene where a man could be seen running towards the police vehicles, confirming the boy was his child.
Aerial views also showed the child jumping into the arms of a woman.
“He was well taken care of,” Jimenez said. “He was clean. He wasn’t a little dirty child, so I’m happy we found the parents. I really am.”
“To see the smile on the kid’s face when mom showed up was pretty amazing,” Wilson said.
Police and social workers have been speaking to the parents of the child throughout the day, but they said the family is not facing any citations or charges.
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