Overview
- The incident was recorded on the store’s security camera and shows a child running toward Avenida 11 Sur before an El Rey del Ahorro employee grabbed her back seconds before a car passed during the Sunday afternoon event.
- Local reporting identified the rescuer as Luis Enrique, the branch manager, who told reporters he acted on instinct and said he normally watches activity inside and outside the store.
- According to local outlets cited in coverage, the three-year-old and the employee were unhurt and the child was returned to her family at the scene.
- The clip spread rapidly across X, TikTok, Facebook and Instagram, drawing widespread praise for the worker and criticism of the child’s caregivers for lapses in supervision.
- The episode has focused attention on roadside safety outside storefronts on Avenida 11 Sur and could increase public pressure for tighter supervision, store precautions or local traffic safeguards near busy commercial stretches.