Florida mom finds 2-year-old daughter locked inside South Florida day care

PLANTATION, Fla. - A mom called 911 after finding her 2-year-old daughter crying and locked inside a dark, empty South Florida day care.Stephanie Martinez found the KinderCare Child Care Center in Plantation locked up when she arrived Tuesday afternoon to pick up her daughter Anna, WSVN reported."They know I get here around 6, 6:15, because I have to pick up my other son by 6," she said. "I get here, everything’s shut off, no cars, which is weird."Martinez then called her daughter's aunt and emergency contact, Samantha Scaramellino, to see if she had picked up Anna."She was like, ‘Do you know where Anna is?’ I’m like, ‘no.’ She’s like, ‘I’m at the school, no one's here.’ My heart dropped," Scaramellino recalled.RELATED: 'Horse playing' led to 7-year-old falling from Florida State Fair ride, officials sayShe told Martinez to start making noise in an attempt to get someone's attention inside."Bang on every window," Scaramellino advised. "See if you hear anything.

See if you hear crying."As Martinez began pounding on the glass, she began to hear something inside. Then she saw her daughter peering at her from the window."She managed to push a chair next to the door to stand on it and call for my name, and that was the only reason that I was able to see her, is because she’s shorter than the door.

She got on the chair to say, ‘Mommy,’" Martinez told WSVN.Once she could see Anna, who was crying inside the building by herself, Martinez called 911.RELATED: Florida firefighters rescue dog that had fallen into bayPlantation police and fire rescue crews arrived and forced the doors open, let the child out and made sure she was OK.The day care center closes at 6 p.m.