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By no means giving up saves your life.
Police say somebody heard a lacking Florida mom banging on the closed door of a transport container after a co-worker reported her lacking.
Marlene Lopez, 52, was discovered trapped in a transport container subsequent to a enterprise on Cocoa Boulevard, the Cocoa Police Division mentioned in a Fb assertion.
NBC Information experiences,
Based on authorities, she was final seen at her residence on Monday and was reported lacking on Wednesday when a involved co-worker known as the police and mentioned she had failed to select up her son.
“In the course of the investigation, detectives have been knowledgeable that the lady had been discovered. She was banging on the door of the transport container when somebody heard her and opened the door,” police mentioned.
Transport container proprietor Tyler Sonnenberg instructed native station WKMG that he first noticed Lopez strolling within the space on Monday. Based on the information station, he mentioned he closed the container, which is used to retailer garden mowers, on Tuesday afternoon and didn’t hear any noises on Wednesday.
Sonnenberg mentioned he believes Lopez got here into the unit on her personal and have become unconscious. He instructed the station that Lopez was not at fault for being trapped contained in the container.
Police mentioned they’re nonetheless investigating how Lopez obtained contained in the container.
Aside from being evaluated for attainable dehydration, the division mentioned she was not injured, WKGM experiences.
Police mentioned Lopez's household final noticed her on Monday, and she or he was reported lacking after a co-worker known as to report that she had not picked up her son.
“Detectives responded and started investigating identified places, interviewing members of the family, and issued a lacking individuals bulletin. In the course of the investigation, detectives have been knowledgeable that the lady had been discovered. She was banging on the door of a transport container when somebody heard her and opened the door,” the division mentioned.
This might have ended a lot worse, and it's good to see a cheerful ending.