Two
teenagers who cared for a missing 90-year-old dementia sufferer have been
praised for their “outstanding act of
kindness”.
The
man, who was missing from a care home in Coventry, told the girls he was lost
and needed help when they saw him as they walked home from a friend’s
house after midnight on August 10.
Hannah
Wells and Maisie Clarke, both 17, offered the "frail" and distressed
man a coat to keep him warm and called police, PA reports.
“We saw someone standing by the road and we
were initially apprehensive, given the time of the day and the fact it was
dark,” explained Ms Wells.
“But
as we went to walk past we saw it was a frail man who said 'I need your help, I
am lost.' He was cold so I gave him a coat to keep warm and we tried to put him
at ease.
"Maisie
called the police who arrived really quickly. We are proud of ourselves; but if
you see someone struggling it is just natural to want to help them.”
Her
friend added: “We were concerned he was going to try and cross the road and
could get hurt, so there was no way we were going to leave him. We are just
pleased he was able to go back home safely.”
Officers
identified him as having recently gone missing from a care home, to which he
was safely returned.
The duo have
been thanked for their actions to ensure the man was unharmed - demonstrating
how the police & public can work together.
Chief
Superintendent Danny Long, from Coventry Police, described it as “an
outstanding act of kindness”.
"It highlights how important the public are in helping us ensure
the safety and well-being of others,” he said.
“It
would have been easy to simply walk on by and forget all about it but the girls
realised the man was in distress and were determined to help out. They should
be immensely proud of their actions.”
SOURCE: Mark Molloy, Telegraph
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