Post by Michele on Feb 26, 2007 11:30:34 GMT -5
This was sent to me in an email!
Ladies: Please be aware and pass it on to anyone you think
this will
>
>>help. This was passed on to me by a friend.
>
>>
>
>>Sunday afternoon around 5 pm I headed into the Target in
Wheaton , IL
>
>>where crime is VERY RARE and mostly it is with bikes being
stolen!!).
>
>>It was still light outside and I parked fairly close to the
entrance.
>
>>As I got out of my car and began walking towards Target, an
older lady
>
>>shouted to me from the passenger seat of a car about 30 feet
away from
>
>>me...."Ma'am you must help me, help me please, help me Ma'am!"
I
>
>>looked at her in the eyes and started to walk towards her when
all of
>
>>a sudden I remembered an email my Mom had sent me a week or
two ago
>
>>about rapists and abductions using elderly people to lure
women in.
>
>>I paused, memorized the license plate and immediately headed
into
>
>>Target to get a manager to come help this lady, just in case
something
>>was up.
>
>>While the woman manager headed out there, I kept a close watch
just
>
>>because I was curious what was wrong with the lady and wanted
to be
>
>>sure nothing happened. As the Target lady walked up towards
the car
>
>>and got very close to the old woman in order to help her, the
back
>
>>door of the car flies open and a large man with a stocking cap
on,
>
>>jumps out and sticks a gun to the lady's stomach as he shoves
her into
>
>>the back of the car. I yelled out, "call 911" several times
and just
>
>>as I was saying that, a policeman who happened to be on the
other side
>
>>of the parking lot! and who, luckily had seen the entire thing
happen,
>
>>raced over to the car. He was able to stop the car and arrest
the male
>
>>as well as the old lady, who was involved in the scheme. By
God's
>
>>grace everyone was alright, including myself, although I think
we were
>>both
> very shaken up.
>
>>Like many of you, I would not in a million years have left an
elderly
>
>>person who was yelling for help if it weren't for the email I
had read
>
>>last week. SO, I wanted to pass this along so you all can be
aware and
>
>>remember that you really can't trust anyone these days. You
just never
>
>>know when something like this could happen. I would have never
dreamed
>
>>it to happen to me especially on a Sunday afternoon at a
Target in a
>
>>safe area! It definitely was not a coincidence that my Mom
sent me
>
>>that email just a few days before this all happened. Please,
be
>
>>careful and always be aware of your surroundings.
Ladies: Please be aware and pass it on to anyone you think
this will
>
>>help. This was passed on to me by a friend.
>
>>
>
>>Sunday afternoon around 5 pm I headed into the Target in
Wheaton , IL
>
>>where crime is VERY RARE and mostly it is with bikes being
stolen!!).
>
>>It was still light outside and I parked fairly close to the
entrance.
>
>>As I got out of my car and began walking towards Target, an
older lady
>
>>shouted to me from the passenger seat of a car about 30 feet
away from
>
>>me...."Ma'am you must help me, help me please, help me Ma'am!"
I
>
>>looked at her in the eyes and started to walk towards her when
all of
>
>>a sudden I remembered an email my Mom had sent me a week or
two ago
>
>>about rapists and abductions using elderly people to lure
women in.
>
>>I paused, memorized the license plate and immediately headed
into
>
>>Target to get a manager to come help this lady, just in case
something
>>was up.
>
>>While the woman manager headed out there, I kept a close watch
just
>
>>because I was curious what was wrong with the lady and wanted
to be
>
>>sure nothing happened. As the Target lady walked up towards
the car
>
>>and got very close to the old woman in order to help her, the
back
>
>>door of the car flies open and a large man with a stocking cap
on,
>
>>jumps out and sticks a gun to the lady's stomach as he shoves
her into
>
>>the back of the car. I yelled out, "call 911" several times
and just
>
>>as I was saying that, a policeman who happened to be on the
other side
>
>>of the parking lot! and who, luckily had seen the entire thing
happen,
>
>>raced over to the car. He was able to stop the car and arrest
the male
>
>>as well as the old lady, who was involved in the scheme. By
God's
>
>>grace everyone was alright, including myself, although I think
we were
>>both
> very shaken up.
>
>>Like many of you, I would not in a million years have left an
elderly
>
>>person who was yelling for help if it weren't for the email I
had read
>
>>last week. SO, I wanted to pass this along so you all can be
aware and
>
>>remember that you really can't trust anyone these days. You
just never
>
>>know when something like this could happen. I would have never
dreamed
>
>>it to happen to me especially on a Sunday afternoon at a
Target in a
>
>>safe area! It definitely was not a coincidence that my Mom
sent me
>
>>that email just a few days before this all happened. Please,
be
>
>>careful and always be aware of your surroundings.