Friday, January 15, 2021 by Danielle Prieur (WMFE)
Photo: Orlando Police
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Orlando Police Chief Orlando Rolón says a local restaurant manager saved the life of an 11 year old boy by following the “See Something, Say Something” mantra.
SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING: We talked with an Orlando Restaurant Manager who saw a family withholding food from a boy at a table. She noticed bruises on his body and created a sign to secretly ask the child if he needed help. When he signaled “Yes” she called us. pic.twitter.com/U8m9MG1KUN
An 11-year-old boy was removed from his home and his parents are in jail after police say an Orlando waitress noticed something was wrong and used a note to ask him if he needed help. Flavaine Carvalho was not scheduled to work a shift at the Mrs. Potato restaurant on New Year s Day but someone called in sick, so she filled in, her boss Rafaela Cabede said during a press conference Thursday afternoon. It had been busy the rest of the day since it was a holiday, but things had slowed down finally and that family was the last table of the night, she said.