JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A 5-year-old boy’s solo breakfast adventure at a Chick-fil-A led to a heroic rescue by Jacksonville Sheriff’s officers.<\/p>\n
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office (JSO) said that little William was found enjoying breakfast at the Chick-fil-A on San Jose Boulevard, happily mingling with the staff.<\/p>\n
JSO said that officers Kelly and Perri arrived and quickly learned that William had wandered off from home.<\/p>\n
After some detective work and a fun ride in a police car, William was able to identify his home. However, they encountered a challenge: the gate was locked. <\/p>\n
William had managed to squeeze through, but the officers could not.<\/p>\n
See also: ‘Chuck E, No!’: Bodycam shows mouse mascot arrest mid-shift<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n In an effort to return William safely, Officer Perri climbed over the gate to knock on the door, bringing a surprising moment for the parents when they learned about their son\u2019s adventure that morning.<\/p>\n A few weeks later, the JSO organized a reunion at the same Chick-fil-A, bringing together William and the officers who helped him.<\/p>\n According to JSO, William\u2019s parents are not facing any consequences. They had several safety measures in place at home. <\/p>\n JSO said that this situation serves as a valuable reminder for parents to teach their children important information, such as their home address, parents\u2019 names, and a contact phone number, which could be crucial in an emergency.<\/p>\n Find more ways to stay up to date with your latest local news. Sign up for our newsletter<\/a> to get the day’s top headlines delivered right to your inbox. Subscribe to our YouTube channel<\/a> for the biggest stories and can’t miss video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A 5-year-old boy’s solo breakfast adventure at a Chick-fil-A led to a heroic rescue…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":196965,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5136],"tags":[109433,9237,5229,36483,3188,723,109434,7310,17953,4747,89210,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-196964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-5-year-old","tag-adventure","tag-america","tag-chick-fil-a","tag-fl","tag-florida","tag-home-address","tag-jacksonville","tag-police-officers","tag-rescue","tag-safety-measures","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115140703788076389","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}