A 3-year-old girl is back home after a man found her wandering on the city's southwest side early Sunday morning.
Botello, who works for Villa Pizza and has seven children, said he was in the middle of a 1 around 3 a.m. when he saw a young girl 2 around the McConnell parking lot.
"I ran to the door and gave people their food," said Botello. "I went back looking for her but failed, so I drove around for a minute. Without finding her, I started pulling into the parking lots." He finally 3 the girl who was curled (蜷缩) up between two blocks, 4 nothing but a T-shirt, diaper (尿裤), and socks. Botello wrapped her in a hoodie (连帽衫), then called the police. "I had some 5 in my car, so she was drinking some water and I rubbed her back, letting her know she was okay and she started falling asleep," said Botello. "She was so 6 and cold." When officers arrived, they managed to make 7 with the little girl's mother, who didn't 8 she was missing and thought she was asleep. It's unclear how the girl got out or for how long, but the police believed it was an accident.
"I cannot 9 how her parents feel, but want them to go easy. I don't think it was anything 10, nobody lets a little kid out." said Botello. "I just did what I could. I assume somebody would do the same for my kids." Botello added that rather than cast 11, he hoped this incident pushed people to offer 12 in someone's time of need. "Sometimes you want to turn a 13 eye but, you never know who you're saving," said Botello. "Anybody could have 14 that little girl, there's lots of foot traffic over there, so I'm glad she 15 made it home safe."
