Owen Burns, a 13-year-old boy Alpena Township in Michigan, was getting ready <\/p>\n
to play his favorite game \u201cCall of Duty: Black Ops II\u201d on his PlayStation 3<\/p>\n
when he suddenly heard his younger sister screaming. The screams were coming <\/p>\n
from the yard where she was playing and goofing around. Concerned that she might <\/p>\n
be in trouble, Owen rushed towards the window and that\u2019s when his little heart froze.<\/p>\n
Someone was forcefully dragging the 8-year-old girl towards the woods that edged the family\u2019s home.<\/p>\n
Aware that he needed to act as fast as possible, Owen grabbed the slingshot that his mom bought<\/p>\n
for him for $3 and reached to the nearest ammunition he could get his hands on,<\/p>\n
a marble and a rock. Having practiced how to use the slingshot by hitting used orange cans, he knew he could hit the kidnapper too.<\/p>\n
Believe it or not, Owen was able to hit the kidnapper both times, once between <\/p>\n
his eyes, and the second time on the chest. \u201cHe was swearing. He was cussing,\u201d Owen told Washington Post.<\/p>\n
The kidnapper ran away, leaving the girl alone. She was very traumatized by the event,<\/p>\n
but at least she was safe and sound, and it was alll thanks to her brave and quick-thinking brother.<\/p>\n
Once home, the siblings called their mother, who was helping a relative at the<\/p>\n
time the incident took place. The moment she heard what had happened, she rushed home and alerted the police.<\/p>\n
Michigan State Police were able to track down the alleged kidnapper. <\/p>\n
They didn\u2019t reveal his name but said he was a 17-year-old teenager who will be charged as an adult.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe really is the one that \u2026 I believe saved his sister\u2019s either life<\/p>\n
or from something seriously bad happening to her,\u201d Lt. John Grimshaw<\/p>\n
said at a news conference, calling Owen\u2019s actions \u201cextraordinary.\u201d<\/p>\n
Further, Grimshaw recounted the encounter saying the kidnapper,<\/p>\n
\u201ccame from behind her, grabbed her like you see in the movies \u2014 <\/p>\n
hand over the mouth, arm around the waist \u2014 and was attempting to pull her into the woods.\u201d<\/p>\n
Owen\u2019s mom, Maggie Burns, didn\u2019t believe her son\u2019s story of hitting<\/p>\n
the kidnapper right between the eyes and on the chest, but the police confirmed it was true.<\/p>\n
\u201c[The suspect] had obvious signs of an injury consistent with those that would have been<\/p>\n
sustained from the slingshot strikes to his head and chest,\u201d police said in a press release.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou said I always lie!\u201d Owen said to his mother.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just couldn\u2019t believe it,\u201d she replied. \u201cIt just didn\u2019t sound real, until there was proof. It sounds like something you would see in the movies.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMom,\u201d the teenager said, \u201cstuff in the movies can and do happen in real life.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s easy to say that Owen is a true hero. His efforts of protecting his little sister have been praised by the entire community. Well done, young man.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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