M'sian Touched As Delivery Riders Unite To Find Missing Girl With Down Syndrome
"It was a moment that truly touched my heart. When someone's family was in trouble, everyone immediately stepped up to help," he said.
A Malaysian recently shared a heartwarming story of how some strangers and food delivery riders came together to help search for a missing girl with Down syndrome in Sri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur
"Something deeply touching just happened, and I want to save this moment on the Internet," wrote Web3 entrepreneur Ben Choong on Facebook.
He shared that on Wednesday, 12 February, his friend messaged him to postpone their plans because his sister, a girl with Down syndrome, had gone missing.
"At 11.30pm, I received the urgent message from my friend. She had been missing in Sri Petaling for two hours.
"Without hesitation, I jumped into my car to help. After all, one more person, one more pair of eyes — meant a higher chance of finding her," said Choong.
Image via Ben Choong 棒小钟 (Facebook)
When Choong arrived, he said most of the shops in the area were already closed, but he and his friend still went door to door, asking the remaining ones if they had seen her
"My friend's sister is an 'angel baby' — a person with Down syndrome. She's afraid of firecracker sounds and would run away when she hears them," he wrote, sharing their concern as it was Chap Goh Mei, the 15th night of Chinese New Year, with fireworks still lighting up the sky.
They rented a scooter to speed up the search. But after an hour, there were still no leads.
At this point, their search team had grown to eight to ten people. They then alerted the police and reached out to Grab and foodpanda, asking their riders to spread the word in their respective networks for assistance.
Image via Ben Choong 棒小钟 (Facebook)
Image via Ben Choong 棒小钟 (Facebook)
Thankfully, not long after, the girl's aunt received a WhatsApp message from a stranger confirming that a GrabFood rider had found her in Bukit Jalil.
What Choong heard happened next warmed his heart.
Image via Ben Choong 棒小钟 (Facebook)
Choong learnt that a kind passerby had given the distressed girl RM5, worried that she might be hungry, before a Grab rider took it upon himself to check her bag for an address, so he could help her get home
"The GrabFood rider who found her had only received one order that day and had only RM30 on him. When he found out that the fare to send her home was RM37, he borrowed RM7 from someone else to make sure she got home safely," Choong shared.
Grateful for their kindness, Choong and the girl's family gave red packets to the riders and strangers who had helped, whom he noted were Malaysians of all races, to show their appreciation.
"It was a moment that truly touched my heart. When someone's family was in trouble, everyone immediately stepped up to help," he said.
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