LAKE CITY, Fla. – A 12-year-old child with special needs was safely rescued Wednesday night after being found on the roof of a PetSmart, according to the Lake City Fire Department.
At about 7:40 p.m., units were dispatched to the store in reference to a missing 12-year-old child, officials said. When law enforcement arrived, they found the child perched on the edge of the building.
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The Lake City Police Department requested help from the Lake City Fire Department.
Fire personnel, along with the child’s mother, tried to communicate with the child from the bucket of Tower 1. During the effort, the child moved away from the roof’s edge and went to the rear of the store, and tried to climb down using a gas pipe attached to the building, according to officials.
Crews then deployed a ground ladder and guided the child back onto the roof, where she was secured by a firefighter and reunited with her mother.
The child was then lowered safely to the ground in the bucket of Tower 1.
No injuries were reported in the incident.
The child was released into her mother’s care, officials said.