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| Girl, 4, leaves home at 3am during rainy night and boards bus – all just to buy a 'Slushie' drink | Girl, 4, leaves home at 3am during rainy night and boards bus – all just to buy a 'Slushie' drink |
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| It’s commonplace to see strange sights on the night bus. But passengers were completely baffled to witness a little girl boarding the vehicle alone at 3am just to satisfy her sweet-tooth. | It’s commonplace to see strange sights on the night bus. But passengers were completely baffled to witness a little girl boarding the vehicle alone at 3am just to satisfy her sweet-tooth. |
| Four-year old Annabelle Ridgeway climbed onto a bus, having been drenched in the rain and without her parents’ knowledge, to find a place to buy a crushed-ice beverage. | Four-year old Annabelle Ridgeway climbed onto a bus, having been drenched in the rain and without her parents’ knowledge, to find a place to buy a crushed-ice beverage. |
| In CCTV footage, she can be seen being helped onto the vehicle by a man – who walks away once he knew she was on it – and the girl receives puzzled looks from passengers who are wondering what she is doing outside in the middle of the night. | In CCTV footage, she can be seen being helped onto the vehicle by a man – who walks away once he knew she was on it – and the girl receives puzzled looks from passengers who are wondering what she is doing outside in the middle of the night. |
| But their curiosity wasn’t for long as she happily told everyone that she dressed herself and left the house, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, through the back door. | |
| She then walked five blocks to the bus stop in order to buy a Slushie drink from the nearest 7/11 convenience store. | She then walked five blocks to the bus stop in order to buy a Slushie drink from the nearest 7/11 convenience store. |
| Bus driver Harlan Jenifer, 52, quickly called for assistance and Annabelle was taken to a local hospital to wait for her mother. | Bus driver Harlan Jenifer, 52, quickly called for assistance and Annabelle was taken to a local hospital to wait for her mother. |
| He said: “‘All I want is a Slushie’ – that is all she said!” | He said: “‘All I want is a Slushie’ – that is all she said!” |
| Annabelle with her stunned parents Jaclyn and Timothy “She knew exactly where she was going. So she must’ve travelled that route before. She had to,” he added. | Annabelle with her stunned parents Jaclyn and Timothy “She knew exactly where she was going. So she must’ve travelled that route before. She had to,” he added. |
| This all happened within half an hour of his night shift. Twenty minutes after calling the Septa bus control centre, police arrived to take the girl to the hospital. | This all happened within half an hour of his night shift. Twenty minutes after calling the Septa bus control centre, police arrived to take the girl to the hospital. |
| Her mother said about the driver: “I can’t thank him enough. I wish I could hug him right now, I really do. There’s no words. He saved my daughter’s life.” | Her mother said about the driver: “I can’t thank him enough. I wish I could hug him right now, I really do. There’s no words. He saved my daughter’s life.” |