RHON­DOR DOWLAT

Po­lice of­fi­cers are search­ing for two men who robbed the own­er of a day care in Aranguez, San Juan, in front of her chil­dren on Tues­day.

Speak­ing with the Guardian Me­dia yes­ter­day, the own­er, who did not want her name or that of the day care men­tioned, said none of the sev­en chil­dren who were there at the time were hurt.

She ex­plained that when she was first ac­cost­ed by the two men, the chil­dren ran to her feet and were scream­ing. The women said one of the sus­pects then tried to calm the chil­dren and qui­et them down.

“It was at about 9 am I was com­ing out of the kitchen and the two men came up to me, one of them had a gun. I in­stant­ly put my hands up and said Oh My God, Oh My God. The chil­dren came to me and were bawl­ing and one of the guys kept try­ing to pat them down and shh­hing at them,” the own­er said.

How­ev­er, she be­lieves it was a per­son­al at­tack on her and not specif­i­cal­ly the day care.

“They kept ask­ing for the mon­ey and the gold. One of them was on the phone with some­one ask­ing where the mon­ey and the gold and the per­son on the phone told them in a bed­room up­stairs and that was when they start­ed to look for the key. I told them I on­ly had $1,000 on the shelf and to take it but they kept ask­ing for the mon­ey and the gold, so judg­ing from the phone call, yes some­one would have sent some­one.”

The own­er said she spent the day yes­ter­day adding se­cu­ri­ty re­in­force­ments to all her doors and in the area where she has the day care.

Fol­low­ing the rob­bery, a video went vi­ral on so­cial me­dia show­ing the two men jump­ing a high wall in­to the yard, which is lo­cat­ed along a dead-end road off Bound­ary Road in Aranguez.