For one 10-year-old girl, a trip to the corner store almost turned tragic. While walking down the street with her 2-year-old brother, a man tried to kidnap her off a street in South Philadelphia. Amazingly, the whole horrifying crime was caught on surveillance cameras.
The video shows the man pull his car to the side of the road, wait for the kids walking hand-in-hand to pass by, then jump out of the car to sneak up behind them. He grabs the little girl, muzzles her mouth with his hand, and tries to run off with her, but she bit and kicked him, defensive moves her father says she learned from watching Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
Police say he was also scared off by her brother's startled reaction. "Ultimately, with the screams from this little boy and by her account [the victim] says the child literally screams louder than anything she's ever heard before, he literally interrupts this assault," said Captain John Darby. The suspect is still on the run, but thanks to the cameras, they have a good description of the man and his car.
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We hear about children being snatched all the time. Usually, as we listen to the police describe what they think happened, we may try to piece together a picture of the crime in our mind. But to see it actually unfold right before your eyes is truly terrifying.
See the young girl's scary ordeal here:
What's your reaction to seeing an attempted abduction play out before your eyes?
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I'm thankful she was allowed to watch SVU. Imagine what she could be going through right now had she not been.
Kids that young should NOT be walking alone. I understand that's more like treating the symptom and not the cause-which are crazy people with undiagnosed/untreated psychosis and disorders.. I hate it when I see little kids walking home alone! Even here in my small area,I see kids ,as young as those,walking home from school alone. If you live in a city,it is your respondsibility to be with your child 24/7! I see kids walking to the store alone,riding their bikes alone down the street,walking to and from school.Get out of bed and walk with your damn kids!It always makes me feel bad or paranoid that they're by themselves like that.
Christine I agree with you as well! I still think it was negligent to let kids that young be walking alone.