{"id":1206419,"date":"2022-01-11T00:04:16","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T05:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1206419"},"modified":"2022-01-11T00:04:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T05:04:19","slug":"video-detroit-doordash-driver-saves-toddler-roaming-streets-in-frigid-temperatures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-detroit-doordash-driver-saves-toddler-roaming-streets-in-frigid-temperatures\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Detroit DoorDash Driver Saves Toddler Roaming Streets in Frigid Temperatures"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvideo-detroit-doordash-driver-saves-toddler-roaming-streets-in-frigid-temperatures%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1206419&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/police-car-lights-crime-scene-city-emergency-stock-getty-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A DoorDash driver in Detroit saved a toddler when he observed the child wandering frigid Eight Mile Road Sunday in only a diaper and a pair of socks.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Jackson III was on his way to make a delivery on Sunday when he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox2detroit.com\/news\/door-dash-driver-rescues-toddler-wandering-8-mile-road?utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=trueanthem&amp;utm_source=facebook\">came<\/a> across the child, according to Fox 2 Detroit.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cI saw something at a distance, but I was unsure what it was, and as I got closer, I said, \u2018That\u2019s a kid!&#8217;\u201d Jackson explained.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <em>Detroit News<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/local\/detroit-city\/2022\/01\/10\/good-samaritan-finds-toddler-who-wandered-away-east-side-detroit-home\/9160815002\/\">reports<\/a> the high temperature on Sunday was 38 degrees, but the wind chill made it feel below freezing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jackson exited his vehicle and wrapped the young boy in his jacket before placing the toddler in his warm car.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span> \u201cHe was standing in the middle of Eight Mile like this,\u201d Jackson told Fox 2 Detroit. \u201c(He) was shaking, his hands and his lips were purple and his fingers were purple.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI jumped in the car and just to give the baby some body heat \u2014 more body heat, \u2019cause I had the heat on \u2014 I just held him,\u201d Jackson said.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Jackson apparently tried to ask the toddler where he came from.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cYou can\u2019t ask him who his mommy is. He can\u2019t talk,\u201d Jackson said in captured cell phone footage. \u201cLook, he has no shoes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Good Samaritan got the attention of another motorist, who pulled over and called 911.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Cpl. Dan&nbsp;<\/span><span>Donakowski, a spokesman with the Detroit Police Department, told the<em> Detroit News<\/em> that officers were called to the scene at approximately 11:18 a.m.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After first responders arrived, medics transported the toddler to a hospital out of precaution, and the child was deemed healthy, the <em>Detroit News<\/em> reports.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Officers were able to contact the child\u2019s mother, who left the toddler under the care of her 16-year-old son while she was grocery shopping. She met the officers at the hospital to retrieve her young son.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span> \u201cIt looks like an accident, and it doesn\u2019t appear that any charges will be filed,\u201d said&nbsp;<\/span><span>Donakowski.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jackson is glad he was in the right place at the right time.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt feels good that I was there \u2014 I don\u2019t know how to explain it,\u201d Jackson told Fox 2 Detroit.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019m grateful I was there to help that child. That means a lot to me. It\u2019s got me right here,\u201d he added, tapping his heart.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A DoorDash driver in Detroit saved a toddler when he observed the child wandering frigid Eight Mile Road Sunday in only a diaper and a pair of socks. 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