A Jacksonville teenager is back home with her parents, thanks in large part to several Chick-fil-A employees in Florida.
The restaurant workers are being credited with helping a couple find a runaway teenage girl.
According to USA Today, Steve and Tammy Harp discovered a note left by their 16-year-old daughter, Kaitlyn, saying she had run away with a 19-year-old man she met online.
The Harps found an Instagram photo of the couple. The guy was wearing a Chick-fil-A shirt. The parents went to a Jacksonville Chick-fil-A to ask if anyone had seen the two or if the man worked there.
The store's managers put the Harps in touch with another store in Yulee, and that franchise's manager posted the Instagram photo on Facebook for Chick-fil-A operators across the state to see.
Within two hours, a Chick-fil-A manager in Winter Haven recognized the man, called the Harps and told the man to have Kaitlyn Harp call home.
Elio Florin, the manager at the Winter Haven restaurant, drove the girl about 200 miles back home to Jacksonville.
According to USA Today, Steve and Tammy Harp discovered a note left by their 16-year-old daughter, Kaitlyn, saying she had run away with a 19-year-old man she met online.
The Harps found an Instagram photo of the couple. The guy was wearing a Chick-fil-A shirt. The parents went to a Jacksonville Chick-fil-A to ask if anyone had seen the two or if the man worked there.
The store's managers put the Harps in touch with another store in Yulee, and that franchise's manager posted the Instagram photo on Facebook for Chick-fil-A operators across the state to see.
Within two hours, a Chick-fil-A manager in Winter Haven recognized the man, called the Harps and told the man to have Kaitlyn Harp call home.
Elio Florin, the manager at the Winter Haven restaurant, drove the girl about 200 miles back home to Jacksonville.
"Tears were shed in our driveway this morning," Tammy Harp told USA Today. "[Florin] could not go to bed without resting, knowing that she was home safe."
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