VIRGINIA BEACH -
An autistic boy who can't speak was dropped off in the wrong place and wound up in a stranger's house.
His mother believes anything could have happened to him, but it turned out all right, thanks to the kindness of that stranger.
"This is my child, my son. If something had happened to him..."
Monique Bailey fights back tears wondering how a school bus driver could drop her eight-year-old autistic son, Isaiah, off in front of the wrong home.
"I'm really, really angry at this point. I really want answers as to why Isaiah was dropped off at the wrong place," she said.
Monique says Monday afternoon a substitute bus driver dropped Isaiah at the wrong location - at a home belonging to Thomas Lowther.
Thomas says Isaiah walked up to his door, knocked, and came in.
"I asked him where he lived, he pointed to 7-11," said Lowther.
Thomas says after taking Isaiah to the 7-11 store and realizing he was lost, he called Virginia Beach police who were able to reach Monique on her cell phone.
"My concern is that anything could have happened. It's a whole bunch of what if's, what if, what if he wasn't home at the time," she said.
Isaiah attends Pembroke Elementary, where the marquee out front says their bus drivers are "awesome." But Monique says one of them made a huge mistake.
Now she and a good samaritan are demanding answers from the school system, to find out what happened, and to make sure this doesn't happen again to Isaiah or any other child.
"They got to be more careful. You don't do that," Lowther said.
"I truly thank God. I really do, I really felt like an angel was watching over Isaiah and making sure he got back with his family," Bailey said.
A school spokeswoman said they have no comment, but that the alleged incident is being investigated. She also said the bus driver in question is not on administrative leave, but has been given non-driving duties.
His mother believes anything could have happened to him, but it turned out all right, thanks to the kindness of that stranger.
"This is my child, my son. If something had happened to him..."
Monique Bailey fights back tears wondering how a school bus driver could drop her eight-year-old autistic son, Isaiah, off in front of the wrong home.
"I'm really, really angry at this point. I really want answers as to why Isaiah was dropped off at the wrong place," she said.
Monique says Monday afternoon a substitute bus driver dropped Isaiah at the wrong location - at a home belonging to Thomas Lowther.
Thomas says Isaiah walked up to his door, knocked, and came in.
"I asked him where he lived, he pointed to 7-11," said Lowther.
Thomas says after taking Isaiah to the 7-11 store and realizing he was lost, he called Virginia Beach police who were able to reach Monique on her cell phone.
"My concern is that anything could have happened. It's a whole bunch of what if's, what if, what if he wasn't home at the time," she said.
Isaiah attends Pembroke Elementary, where the marquee out front says their bus drivers are "awesome." But Monique says one of them made a huge mistake.
Now she and a good samaritan are demanding answers from the school system, to find out what happened, and to make sure this doesn't happen again to Isaiah or any other child.
"They got to be more careful. You don't do that," Lowther said.
"I truly thank God. I really do, I really felt like an angel was watching over Isaiah and making sure he got back with his family," Bailey said.
A school spokeswoman said they have no comment, but that the alleged incident is being investigated. She also said the bus driver in question is not on administrative leave, but has been given non-driving duties.
