Baltimore Sun
BALTIMORE, Md. — Children often are told never to speak to strangers, but when 3-year-old Paul Marshall Jr. was discovered walking along the streets of Linthicum at 3:45 a.m. on July 23, he needed a stranger’s help to get home.
Fortunately, Baltimore City firefighter Andrew Hoffman happened by. Anne Arundel County police say “Paulie” had gotten out of his house, and the toddler was walking alone as Hoffman drove on West Maple Road.
“It kind of startled me. I said to myself, ‘Am I seeing this?’ ” Hoffman said. “I got him and asked him, ‘What’s the matter, buddy? Where do you live?’ And all he could do was point up the road.”
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