A 9-year-old girl who got separated from her family at a busy subway stop in Brooklyn was found hours later and miles away at a Manhattan playground, law enforcement sources say.
After several anxious hours, Klara Alston was located at St. Catherine’s Park on the Upper East Side, far from the Sutter Avenue L train stop in Brownsville where she went missing, according to law enforcement sources.
Little Klara became separated from her brothers Tuesday morning when she was supposed to meet up with her uncle, the sources said.
Police plastered her photo on social media as the nerve-wracking search unfolded. Meanwhile, her family looked high and low for her in Brownsville, where she lives.
Two parents eventually noticed Klara alone at St. Catherine’s Park, near First Avenue and 68th Street, and called police.
“She was playing with the kids in the sand,” Katrina, one of the parents in the park at the time, said. “There was a bunch of kids here playing.”
It’s unclear how she ended up miles away in Manhattan.
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"As a parent, it's horrible to not know where your child is," Katrina said. "Nine years old, from Brooklyn — that's not around the block."
While in the care of officers, Klara video-chatted with her worried father. The two reunited at a subway police station on Tuesday evening, not far from where the train saga began.
She was taken to a hospital for a checkup, where she was said to be in good health.
