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Livonia Mom In Shock After 5-Year-Old Daughter With Special Needs Left On Bus For Hours

"It's just devastating. You never think something like this going to happen to your child," Stacy Gittens said about her daughter.

(CBS Detroit)

November 16, 2023

LIVONIA, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - Her smile is infectious, and her hugs are absolutely precious, but on Friday, Nov. 10, no one remembered to take 5-year-old Jemi Gittens of Livonia off the school bus.

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"It's just devastating. You never think something like this going to happen to your child," Stacy Gittens said about her daughter with special needs. "She's very energetic. She's very delayed in her speech. She has a hard time understanding her surroundings. She doesn't understand danger."

However, that danger would find Jemi when her mom put her on the school bus Friday morning.

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