Ohio officers, Target workers come to toddler's rescue after her mom has medical emergency
Police in Blue Ash, Ohio, went above and beyond to help a struggling family early Monday morning.
Police were responding to a mother's medical emergency at around 5:30 a.m. When they arrived, they found her 3-year-old girl in nothing but a dirty diaper.
In hopes of finding the toddler some clean clothes and a new diaper, they turned to a nearby Target and were blown away with how the whole team stepped up to help.
"This was before hours and unexpected and they really stepped up to the plate and bailed us out a little bit," said Blue Ash police Sgt. Pete Ballauer. "They immediately started rounding up clothes for this young lady. An officer tried to pay for the clothes and the manager said 'absolutely not. This is an emergency.' And that if we need anything else, to make sure that we came back."
Both the little girl and the mother were able to get medical care. Ballauer said they quickly got her cleaned up, fed and in clean clothes. They also showed her some cartoons until a family member could come and get her.