current event 11-13-15

topic: kidnapping

title:”Philadelphia Convenience Store Clerk Hailed as Hero for Stopping Alleged Kidnapping”

article source:abc news

summary: A convenience store clerk in Philadelphia is being hailed as a hero after putting himself directly between a suspected carjacker and a doctor whom the suspect had allegedly abducted from a parking garage.Manveer Komer was working the overnight shift Wednesday at a gas station in the Port Richmond neighborhood of Philadelphia when the suspect arrived with the female doctor, according to ABC station WPVI-TV in Philadelphia. Surveillance video appears to show the doctor and the suspect inside the gas station, with the suspect using the doctor’s credit card to buy cigarettes. As they were leaving, Komer came from behind the counter and stopped the doctor, physically putting himself between her and the suspect. The suspect then took off the the woman’s car, but soon later the police caught up with the suspect by tracking the woman’s phone.

reaction: I feel good knowing that we still have good people in this world that still care about over people in their community.

world impact: It will inspire more people to be like the man in this incident.

 

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