Kindheart schoolgirls pay for pensioner to get home
KIND YOUNGSTERS PAY FOR PENSIONER’S TAXI RIDE HOME AFTER POLICE CORDON LEAVES HER FACING LONG WALK
KINDHEARTED youngsters clubbed together to pay for an elderly lady’s taxi after a huge police cordon meant she was unable to walk home.
Worsley Road in Eccles, Salford, was taped off by police after a suspicious package was found.
Homes were evacuated as the bomb squad prepared to detonate the suspicious package.
The pensioner was stuck on the wrong side of the cordon, until a group of teenage girls collected money to pay for her taxi home.
Charlie Sykes, 13, Danae Mahoney, 13, Ruby Dixon, 14, and Kaydi Warren, 12, said they helped the woman as she was there ‘for a while’ getting cold. Police wrote about the gesture on the GMP Eccles Facebook page. They posted a picture of the girls huddled together to gather change to pay for the journey.
Pc Carl Blower told the M.E.N.: “The elderly lady lives on the other side of the cordon and she started to feel a chill. I put her in the car, and (the girls) said they would phone a taxi and pay for it. With everything that’s going on, it’s so nice to see.” Kaydi’s mum, Vicky, said: “I have had a few people message me. It’s great to hear it. As a lot of people have said, it’s always the bad stuff you hear about. When they do something like this, it makes you proud.”
Danae’s mum, Nicola, added: “I’m proud of her and her friends. Danae has always looked out for others and is a well-liked person with a lot of people.”
Ruby’s dad, Mark, said that he was ‘really proud’ of his daughter and her pals. Charlie’s mum, Rebecca, added: “She’s an amazing young girl. We got a phone call from police and you think the worst. They said ‘just to let you know what Charlie and her friends have done.’ You feel extremely proud.”
Lots of people from the community posted comments expressing their praise for the generous girls.
One person wrote: “Pleasant surprise for Eccles, not all kids are bad, some actually care x.” Another said: “More great kids in Eccles than bad, and it’s no surprise we just don’t hear about them xx.”
With everything that’s going on, it’s so nice to see Pc Carl Blower of Eccles police