Roberta’s daughter was extremely worried when her mother didn’t return home after taking one of her walks.
The 81-year-old great-grandmother lives with family up to three generations after her in Maryland, and she has dementia though she maintains a relatively active life.
Usually, Roberta goes for walks on her own and comes home just fine, but this time, she didn’t.
Concerned, Roberta’s daughter rang up the Charles County sheriff’s office and told them what happened.
Five officers hurried out to find her, and they spent a good forty minutes calling her name as they clambered through a wooded location.
Finally, they heard her call back in response.
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The officers rushed towards her and saw that she was walking calming along a small path nearby.
She seemed very confused as officers removed some branches that had gotten stuck in her hair.
They realized, then, that they did not want to embarrass her by telling her what happened.
So they said they happened to also be on a walk and offered to help her get home.
As the officers brought her back to their police car, they walked with her hand-in-hand and made small talk, asking her about her secret to her healthy and long life. (Her answer? Diet and physical activity!)
Officer Morrison, one of them, felt particularly connected to Roberta, as he himself is very close with his own grandmother and couldn’t help feeling intrigued by all her wisdom and experiences.
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When Roberta got home safely, her entire family – from her daughter all the way to her great-granddaughter – were beyond thrilled that she was okay.
Roberta, on the other hand, didn’t see what all the fuss was about.
She said she was fine and told her daughter that all she did was go for a nice walk with the kind officers.
Officer Morrison also was in a picture standing next to Roberta as they held hands and walked earlier.
The photo was taken by Sergeant Black, who was very happy to have taken it and thinks it’s quite a nice picture.
The 60-year age difference between the photo’s subjects makes it all the more interesting.
The Charles County sheriff’s office decided to share the picture, and a short version of the story, on their Facebook page.
The status mentioned that police officers face various situations every day, and not all of them end well, so this happy ending for such a scary situation was more than welcome for these officers.
They talked about how grateful they were to have found Roberta in one piece. This post has since earned more than 222,000 likes, with shares and comments abound!
Charles County Sheriff’s Office / Facebook
It is definitely true that the police deal with countless difficult cases on a daily basis.
It’s rewarding for them to be able to do something like this that has such a wholesome, happy ending.
The fact that these kind officers were also so careful, thoughtful, and sweet to Roberta makes it all the more enjoyable for us to hear about.
