The daughter of an 84-year-old woman found wandering the streets of Orlando alone is to fly out to be with her for Christmas.

Barbara Robinson said she was extremely concerned after hearing for the first time via the radio news on Wednesday evening that her mother Virginia Butterfield had been spotted by a stranger in the busy Metro West tourist area of the city.

Roda Carter saw Ms Butterfield “hugging” a building seemingly trying to support herself on Tuesday night after crossing a busy, six-lane highway. She eventually helped her back to her hotel room where she found contact details for family members in Bermuda.

After hearing the news, Ms Robinson made arrangements to fly out and was hoping to arrive later today.

Ms Robinson said that while her mother, who she described as “very independent”, often flew to Orlando alone, she was disturbed to hear that she was out at night.

Contacted by this newspaper, Ms Robinson said: “I have called the hotel and they are keeping an eye on her.

“My mother has a habit of going out by herself — she is very independent. She travels on her own.

“She always goes down to Orlando — it’s one of the places she likes to go and she stays in a hotel.

“But her walking around alone at night: that concerns me a lot.

“All I heard was her name and ‘84’ on the radio, I got a headache, I trembled — I am a senior myself.

“I am planning on getting her to a doctor or to a hospital and get her checked over.

“She is stubborn like me, so she might not want to come home — she was planning on coming back on January 9, so I have left my ticket open.

“My mother comes first. I am just so glad she didn’t get knocked down.”

When Ms Carter found Ms Butterfield, she received a call from her friend Tasha Banks who has friends living in Bermuda, and a mother who married a Bermudian.

She was able to speak with Ms Butterfield on the phone.

Ms Banks described the chance meeting as “God’s intervention”.

Describing Ms Butterfield when she found her, Ms Carter added: “The way she was walking, it must have taken her at least an hour to get from her hotel to where I found her. I was very concerned.

“She did not have her wits about her. She was hugging the building — she crossed the street to get to where she was and was walking down a dark driveway with heavy traffic: walking and holding onto the wall, her cane and her big tote bag.

“She had flimsy shoes on — one of them was barely on her foot.

“Anybody with a heart would have stopped and helped her. I offered her assistance waited for her to shop and took her back to the hotel.”