It takes courage. A waitress in Florida is being called a hero for recognizing the plight of a little boy, and getting creative in order to get him help.
At that point, the caller said, she became concerned and began asking the victim questions. The victim would only answer yes or no questions, the caller told police.
The Disney employee then asked the victim if she needed police assistance, and the victim replied yes, police say. The victim also replied yes when asked if someone was hurting her, the caller reported. The Disney employee then contacted authorities, according to police.
It takes courage. A waitress in Florida is being called a hero for recognizing the plight of a little boy, and getting creative in order to get him help.
At that point, the caller said, she became concerned and began asking the victim questions. The victim would only answer yes or no questions, the caller told police.
The Disney employee then asked the victim if she needed police assistance, and the victim replied yes, police say. The victim also replied yes when asked if someone was hurting her, the caller reported. The Disney employee then contacted authorities, according to police.
Hero Disney World ticket salesman helps woman escape her abusive boyfriend by calling the cops when she started shouting get away from me after he choked and slapped her
The woman had reportedly called under the pretense that she wanted to book tickets for the theme park, then conveyed to the worker she was in danger
The Disney worker grew concerned when the woman shouted get off me
She started asking yes and no questions, including is someone harming you?
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Disney World worker calls 911 for Pennsylvania woman in domestic violence situation David Matthews
A Disney World worker is being hailed as a hero after rerouting a domestic violence victim’s call to the police.
According to Orlando NBC affiliated WESH 2, a Pennsylvania woman was trying to alert someone about her abusive boyfriend by pretending to buy tickets to the theme park. The booker heard the woman yelling “get off me” and “get away from me” during the Jan. 9 call and called 911 and said she had a woman on the line with her who needed help.
According to a report from the Northern York County Regional Police Department in Pennsylvania, the booker started asking the woman yes or no questions and learned that the woman was not actually trying to buy tickets and needed law enforcement because someone was hurting her.