3-Year-Old Running Barefoot on Dawn Road Returns to Parents Under Police Care

Contacted Parents After Checking Personal Information
3-Year-Old Child Safely Returned to Parents' Arms

The story of a police officer who rescued a 3-year-old child wandering the streets in pajamas at 3 a.m. and protected the child until the parents were found was shared belatedly. Recently, a video titled "A child alone at the police station in this cold dawn?" was uploaded on the National Police Agency's YouTube channel. According to the video, around 2 a.m. on the 12th of last month, the Gunsan Police Station received a report that "a child was running barefoot on the road." At that time, the temperature in Gunsan City was minus 2 degrees Celsius.

At around 2 a.m. on the 12th of last month, the police received a 112 report stating that a child was running barefoot on the road.
[Photo by National Police Agency YouTube]

The nearby district police officers who responded to the call soon found the child, wrapped them in a blanket, and returned to the district police station. The police officer, who seated the child in pajamas on the sofa in the interrogation room, asked, "Shall I cover you with a blanket?" The child quietly nodded instead of answering. The officer carefully wrapped the child in a pink blanket.

The officer wiped the child's face to calm them down, and meanwhile, checked the child's identity by looking up pre-registered fingerprints and personal information, then contacted the family. The child was three years old. It was reported that the child woke up alone outside the house at dawn while the whole family was asleep and got lost. As the child dozed off sitting on the sofa while waiting for the parents, the officer decided to lay the child down on the sofa in the interrogation room and turned off the lights.

The police officer wiped the child's face and calmed them down. Meanwhile, they checked the child's identity by comparing the pre-registered fingerprints and personal information, then contacted the family. The child was three years old.
[Photo by National Police Agency YouTube]

It turned out that the child was only 3 years old and had woken up alone outside the house at dawn while the whole family was asleep, getting lost. While waiting for the parents, the child began to doze off sitting on the sofa, and the officer decided to lay the child down to sleep on the sofa. The officer also turned off the lights in the interrogation room but quietly stayed by the child's side in the dark to comfort the child who could not easily fall asleep.

Shortly after, the child's mother, who had been informed that her child was with the police, hurriedly ran into the district police station. The mother sat beside the child lying on the sofa in the interrogation room and repeatedly thanked the officers. She embraced the child and safely returned home. Netizens who watched this video responded with comments such as, "I worry about how scared the child must have been seeing the mother running in a hurry," "I was moved to tears by the officers who carefully cared for the child not to be scared," "I'm glad the child safely returned to the parents' arms," and "Raising a child really brings all sorts of unexpected events."

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