Police help barefoot lost old woman return home safely

The police, together with her family members, took the old woman home. (Photo by reporter Hong Dinghong)

​A 69-year-old woman surnamed Zhang Jian was sitting barefoot on the roadside late at night. The Kaohsiung police were called to the scene and found that she had gone out to go to the post office and forgot to put on her shoes. She walked for about 1 kilometer barefoot, causing pain in her feet and exhaustion. Her children went out to look for their mother and learned that their mother had been found by the police, so they thanked her repeatedly.

Kaohsiung police pointed out that at around 11 o'clock in the night on September 13, the Xiaogang Police Station of Xiaogang Branch received a report that an old woman was sitting alone and barefoot on the dark roadside on Dian North Road, looking helpless. The police rushed to the scene and took her to a nearby safe place.

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It turned out that the old woman was going to the post office on foot, forgot to put on her shoes, and went out alone at about 10 o'clock in the middle of the night. While the police were checking her identity, the old woman's children had discovered that their mother had not returned home late at night, and were anxiously searching the surrounding streets and alleys. When they learned that the police had found her, they rushed to meet up and take their mother home safely.

Xiaogang Police Station reminds family members that they should pay more attention to their elders’ daily life and movements at night. They must wear anti-lost love bracelets for their elders, embroider contact numbers on their clothes, or use portable devices with positioning functions.