Unauthorized man picked my niece up from school..

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This event happened last year. My niece Gabrielle had just turned 5 years old and was attending an elementary school. She was a Pre-K student for the morning classes. While my niece was in class a man came into the school and stated that he was picking up Gabrielle early today. The man also had a note stating it was okay for him to pick Gabrielle up and he was picking her up because her mother was in a car accident. Now the office supposedly confirmed everything and accepted the note. So the office went and got my niece out of class and told her she was going home with a friend of her mothers. My niece went with the man with no problems because she was told by the office that her mom was in a accident and that everything was okay, but that her mom couldn't make it and she was to go with the man. My niece only being 5 years old did just that. The man put my niece in his truck and drove off. My niece spent an hour with this man. He took her to lunch and everything. Somehow or another they got to talking and Gabrielle mentioned she had a sister. The man asked her what her last name was and she stated her last name. The man in the truck stopped his vehicle and about wet himself. It turns out that he picked up the wrong Gabrielle. The Gabrielle that he was supose to pick up was still back at school. So the man immediately called the school and told them there was a mistake. He rushed back to the school and returned her. The problem was that the Gabrielle he was suppose to pick up, her mother had a car accident and she had to have one of her co-workers go and pick her daughter up for her. The c0-worker was the man and he has never seen his co-workers daughter before and that is why he had no clue. He just thought he had the right kid. He only realized something was wrong because he knew his co-worker didn't have any other kids and when my niece stated she had a sister, he felt something was off and that is when he asked the last name. The office was suppose to confirm everything. So somehow they just got mixed up. So this man spent an hour with my niece, thinking he had the right kid. The school called my sister, my sister rushed to the school and yanked my niece out. I don't understand why they just assumed it was the right Gabrielle. You would think they would of asked the last name or something. My sister was so pissed about this. I told her to call the news and make a big scene, but she never did. Would you have let it go so easy? That is some scary stuff. I would of pushed and pushed until I got someone fired. We are just lucky he returned her after learning the truth. And I later found out that the mix up might have been something to do with the last name or middle name of the two Gabrielle's and that there are only two of them in the whole school. But still, they made a huge mistake and all they were able to do was apologize to my sister for it. What would you have done if you were in my sisters shoes?