Positivity: Good Samaritan Saves NYC Teen From Predator
From Staten Island, New York (video is at link):
Aug 29, 2009 6:14 am US/Eastern
Staten Island Girl Pulled Into Woods In Attempted Abduction; Neighbor Heard Screams, Saved Victim
He’s an everyday hero who doesn’t want the title.
A Staten Island man came to the rescue of a teenaged girl, just as she was being abducted. But this Good Samaritan says he would have done the same for anybody in need.
“I’m not a hero, I did what I had to do,” Patrick Klatt said. “The girl needed help and I was there. I was lucky I heard her.”
Klatt heard the muffled cries of a 15-year-old girl. She was walking along Cleveland Avenue Thursday night when she was dragged into the nearby woods.
“She was actually headed to a friend’s house,” father Jay Reyes said. “She heard him running behind her. As she turned, he was already at her.”
Klatt was inside his home when he heard the girl try to scream.
“I just looked out the screen door, and I could see her being pushed through the weeds,” Klatt said. “I knew right away, by the sound of her voice, she was in trouble.”
Klatt ran into the woods with a bat and pulled the girl to safety, much to the relief of the victim’s parents.
“He saved her life,” mother Caroline Foster-Reyes said. “He saved her life. We owe everything to him.”
“This guys is, as far as I’m concerned, he’s a hero,” Jay Reyes said.
Klatt can relate – he has a 19-year-old daughter himself – and he says he doesn’t let her go anywhere alone. Daughter Dianna says her father is an inspiration.
“Hopefully this does bring light to other people, that maybe they’ll help others if they see something going on,” Dianna said. ….
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