An employee at the Vista Post Office, San Diego, has found two missing children, a toddler and a 15-year-old girl suffering from autism, within two weeks.
The Californian postal worker, named Cheyanne Thomas, has won a lot of appreciation as well as a pair of awards for finding the missing minors.
Thomas, who has been serving the post office for more than a year now, seems to be a very responsible citizen as she did a duty not included in her job description.
The Autistic teen and the toddler who couldn’t speak English are now safe at their homes, all thanks to Thomas, reported KSWB.
“I’m not a hero. I was just at the right place at [the right time],” Thomas said while speaking to KSWB. “I’m glad that the parents was reunited with their kids safe and sound.”
Thomas learned about the 15-year-old autism patient in April from a news alert, which asked for public cooperation to find her.
After recalling the told appearance of Abby, Thomas found her on her routine mail route.
“I immediately flame into action. I pulled over with no hesitation,” Thomas said.
She approached Abby and told her: “I’m missing. She goes, ‘You’re missing? I’ll stay. I’ll help’ … I played her role. I [didn’t] want her to run away.”
After that, Thomas took no time in calling 911 and telling the authorities that Abby was with her.
Arnold Aldana, the sheriff’s lieutenant, said that Abby has the mental level of a 12-year-old and they found her “dehydrated, but otherwise in good health,” San Diego Tribune reported.
In the same month, a few days after finding Abby, Thomas located a baby girl roaming alone in a street.
“I immediately jumped out of the truck again … She came and squeezed me so tight, with tears,” Thomas said. “She was so excited that someone helped out.”
Thomas instantly reported the child to 911 and watched the baby until her mother was there.
In recognition of her deeds, Thomas was pinned by the National Association of Letter Carriers and got a plaque as a reward for her deeds.
“I love my job at the post office,” Thomas told KSWB. “If a child was in need, I would step in to help again.”
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