There’s a toddler in Livingston County who is very fortunate that Eugene Meyer of Chillicothe decided to go for a drive on Feb. 14, 2021, a very cold day with wind chill around 9 degrees. Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox recently recognized Meyer for his actions that day.
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Meyer happened to be out at about 8:30 a.m. and, for what he describes as unknown reasons, he slowly drove down a rural county road that he seldom ever travels. Meyer noticed a 2-year-old child all alone, very poorly dressed and standing in a ditch. Meyer stopped and found the child was freezing cold and placed the child in his warm vehicle to help protect the toddler.
Meyer took the child to the nearest house and beat on the door with no answer and returned to the pickup and continued attempting to warm the child. Meyer then notified E-911 Dispatchers of the situation. Sgt. Dustin Woelfle and the Chillicothe Department of Emergency Services arrived and the child was taken to Hedrick Medical Center for evaluation.
Sgt. Woelfle was finally able to locate an adult relative of the child and learned the family had no clue their toddler was missing. Fortunately the child was found to be okay but very cold.
“We believe divine intervention took place that Valentine’s Day morning and are both very thankful and appreciative of the life-saving actions taken by Mr. Meyer,” said Sheriff Cox.