“Heartbreaking Video of Lost 5-Year-Old Boy Seeking Help Goes Viral on TikTok

A distressing clip has captured the hearts of internet users, featuring a young child of five years pleading for assistance after being mistakenly dropped off at an unfamiliar location. The child’s mother shared the ordeal on TikTok, leading to widespread attention.

The footage reveals the anxious child seeking aid through a residential doorbell cam. Visibly distressed, the boy appeals for someone to find his mother, while a voice offers comfort from the other side of the camera.

The young boy’s mother, Kelly Mulholland, brought this concerning incident to light on TikTok, sharing that her son, alongside her boyfriend’s child, were mistakenly abandoned by the school bus in a strange part of Edmond.

When Kelly arrived at their usual pickup stop, she encountered neither the children nor the school bus. Upon inquiring, the bus driver was unable to provide the whereabouts of the children, and it was only through another child’s testimony that Kelly discovered that they had disembarked earlier.

During her search, a resident notified her about children ringing his doorbell and seeking help. He presented the video captured by his Ring doorbell which led Kelly to his residence. To her dismay, the children had already moved on. With the neighbor’s help and additional assistance, she eventually discovered both children several houses away.

Kelly expressed her admiration for the children’s intelligence and ability to stay guarded under duress. They alternated between ringing doorbells and keeping watch for just over a mile, despite sweltering conditions, as they braved the quest for an hour.

Both parents reached out to the Department of Transportation, which oversees the school transportation, to report the incident. They were reassured that procedures were in place to prevent such incidents, including not allowing a child to disembark unaccompanied and checking tags to confirm correct drop-off locations.

As of now, there has been no official comment from the Oklahoma Department of Transportation regarding the matter.