That’s what happened to a Greenville County Deputy in SC this week when a toddler called 911 needing some unexpected help.
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But luckily this story has a happy beginning and ending. Next, Aaliyah asked for help with her shoes, but she still wasn’t ready to say goodbye to Deputy Lohnes.
Ryan, 25, said she’s taught Aaliyah to call 911 for help or an emergency but she never expected her toddler would “call for help over getting her trousers on”.
Needless to say, when mom, Pebbles Ryan, got the call at work, she was a little surprised.
When Lohnes and her partner showed up at the home, Aaliyah showed up with her grandfather, one trousers leg on and asking for help. “And then she proceeds to ask me to pick her up and hug her…and that would be the best part of my shift today”, Lohnes said in a post on the department’s Facebook page.
Deputy Douglas added that more than 250,000 accidental 911 calls were made in 2015 in Greenville County, South Carolina alone.
Lohnes said she was impressed that the child, Aliyah, knew what to do in an emergency, even if she didn’t yet understand what situations constitute an emergency. “Okay.” Then she wouldn’t let any of the police leave because she wanted hugs”, Ryan said.
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“We normally sit them down and say, ‘Hey, this is for emergencies only, ‘ but she was only 2”, she said.
