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This is the dramatic rescue of a one-year-old who was left alone and in the dark at a Chicago daycare centre.

Cornelius Jones said he got to the centre 15 minutes before closing to pick up his daughter Journee to find no-one there.

He called 911 and firefighters broke in the find her crawling on the floor and crying in the dark.

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The toddler was found crying, alone in the dark (Picture: Fox 32)

Cornelius told Fox 32: ‘I was terrified and I was also hurt because I knew she was in there in the dark and I couldn’t get to her.



‘I was wondering where is she, where is she. I hear her, but I couldn’t see her.

Footage shows firefighters breaking into the daycare centre (Picture: FOX 32)

‘And one of the police officers flashed a light to the left and flashed it back to the right and that’s when I saw her crawling towards us screaming and my heart just dropped.’

The Department of Children and Family Services has launched an investigation into the incident at the day care.

The daycare has since apologised to the parents.

Mr Jones and his daughter (Picture: FOX 32)

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