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Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,501 posts)
Mon Jul 15, 2013, 07:54 PM Jul 2013

Heroic teen saves Pennsylvania girl from kidnapper

Missing for nearly two-and-a-half-hours, authorities were only moments away from issuing an Amber Alert for the girl when she was returned, CNN reported Monday.

Speaking to a reporter with Lancaster Online on Saturday, 15-year-old Temar Boggs said he was helping move an elderly woman’s couch at a nearby apartment complex Thursday evening when someone approached asking if he’d seen a little girl.

After a short break, Boggs and a friend, Chris Garcia, walked outside again only to discover a swarm of police in the streets. They were all searching for 5-year-old Jocelyn Rojas, who was taken by a man while playing in her front yard just two hours earlier.

Boggs and Garcia hopped on bikes and began pedaling frantically. Suddenly, about a half-mile away from the apartment complex, Boggs spotted her in a dark red car being driven by white man, said to be approximately 50-70 years old.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/07/15/heroic-teen-saves-pennsylvania-girl-from-kidnapper/

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Heroic teen saves Pennsylvania girl from kidnapper (Original Post) Guy Whitey Corngood Jul 2013 OP
Wow! What good kids! Little Star Jul 2013 #1
Yeah, I figured it's some good news within the avalanche of shit we're surrounded by. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Jul 2013 #3
What if this kid had been Trayvon. Rainngirl Jul 2013 #2
Great story, great kids. Thanks! Demoiselle Jul 2013 #4
Now THAT picture is what America is REALLY about. Good job kids ! RBInMaine Jul 2013 #5
and look at that, he was just a little bit younger than Trayvon. hollysmom Jul 2013 #6

Rainngirl

(243 posts)
2. What if this kid had been Trayvon.
Mon Jul 15, 2013, 08:19 PM
Jul 2013

He wouldn't have been there to save this little girl. And yet scumbags like Zimmerman will never see the worth of a good and decent young man like this. It just makes me so sad.

 

RBInMaine

(13,570 posts)
5. Now THAT picture is what America is REALLY about. Good job kids !
Mon Jul 15, 2013, 08:41 PM
Jul 2013

An African American teenager and a Hispanic American teenager helping a European American family find their child. No one cared about anything except doing what was right and finding that kid. And then a grateful family. Everyone caring about each as other as people and helping each other. Taking some responsibility, using some courage, and being helpful and grateful. Nice ! THIS is what it is about.

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