FILE PHOTO
(ROB MUNRO / iNFOnews.ca)
January 06, 2023 - 3:25 PM
An RCMP officer went above and beyond the call of duty to help two children who were stranded at the Kelowna airport on Christmas Eve.
Two young Alberta teens, aged 12 and 13, were trying to make it home to Victoria to see their mother but their connecting flight was cancelled due to winter weather conditions, leaving the youths with nowhere to go, according to an RCMP media release issued today, Jan. 6.
That's when a Kelowna RCMP officer dubbed “Officer Santa” came to the rescue.
“He picked up the stranded kids, talked to their parents, then bought pizza and candy, and got the kids into a hotel to spend the night,” reads the release.
The officer talked to the hotel staff who helped get the kids settled into a room and back to the airport the following day where they caught a flight home to Victoria on Christmas Day.
“I want to give a huge thank you to your officers,” said the children’s mother in a Facebook message to the Kelowna RCMP. “My kids were stranded in a city they didn’t know without friends or family.
"Your officer got them into a hotel, settled them and even treated them to pizza and candy. As a parent I felt so helpless living in Victoria and no way of getting to them as there were no more ferries that evening. It truly does take a village and my heart cannot thank you enough for taking such good care of my precious cargo.”
To contact a reporter for this story, email Shannon Ainslie or call 250-819-6089 or email the editor. You can also submit photos, videos or news tips to the newsroom and be entered to win a monthly prize draw.
We welcome your comments and opinions on our stories but play nice. We won't censor or delete comments unless they contain off-topic statements or links, unnecessary vulgarity, false facts, spam or obviously fake profiles. If you have any concerns about what you see in comments, email the editor in the link above.
News from © iNFOnews, 2023