Anybody Here Catch This ??? - His Sister In Danger, 4-Year-Old Plays Hero

[WillyT]

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DURHAM - The robber was holding a gun to 5-year-old Mary Long's head when a 3-foot-tall Mighty Morphin Power Ranger leapt into the room. "Get away from my family," 4-year-old Stevie Long shouted, punctuating his screams with swipes of his plastic sword and hearty "yah, yahs." The robber and his accomplice, who was waiting outside the apartment Friday night, fled with credit cards, jewelry, cash and other items that Stevie's mother, Jennifer Long, dumped from her purse.

"I scared the bad guys away," Stevie said Tuesday evening at the apartment at 901 Chalk Level Road in north Durham.

Enter Stevie.

"During the robbery, a ... boy snuck into his bedroom, dressed himself in a Power Ranger costume and armed himself with a plastic sword," police said. "The child then exited his room and approached the armed suspect, in an attempt to protect his family."

Relatives said the robber abandoned plans to take Stevie's mother to an ATM to withdraw cash when he saw Stevie.

"It tripped him out, and that's when they moved on," said Evans, who did not witness the incident. Jennifer Long declined to comment, saying her employers at the apartment complex would not allow it.

Stevie likes to think he cuts an intimidating figure in his red-and-black mask and foam suit that replicates the rippling muscles of the kiddie adventure show heroes. But Evans said the robber was more startled that Stevie was able to retreat to his bedroom and morph.

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Link: http://www.newsobserver.com/719/story/515756.html

Can sombody get this kid a tour of the White House???

:bounce::evilgrin::bounce:

[tridim]

1. Truth is stranger than fiction

Love it! :D

[pacalo]

2. This is so awesome! I bet he'll be on either Letterman or Leno soon. :)

[fooj]

3. Hiya Willy!

Someone's looking for ya.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=108x124156

:hi:

[WillyT]

5. Thanks For The Heads-Up !!!

:yourock:

[JAbuchan08]

4. Only a child would be innocent enough to do this,

he was pretty lucky on this one, but he probably benefited from his bboldness. My guess is the theif never wanted to commit child murder, when Stevie called his bluff he turned tail.