Unless you’re in a life-saving profession, most people don’t wake up in the morning and expect to become somebody’s hero. However, you never know when you’ll be in the right place at the right time.
When a pair of teens got into their car one day, little did they know, they were about to save a stranger’s life.
It started out as a normal outing for Jamal Harris and Aaron Arias.
They were just your average teenagers picking up a friend from work. But while out and about, something caught their attention.
They were at a red light on a road in Seagoville, Texas when another car pulled up to them.
The sight of a pretty young woman in the backseat caught their eye.
Naturally, the two exchanged thoughts of “She’s kinda cute,” until the atmosphere of “Something’s not right” began to set in.
The lady looked scared, and in the driver’s seat was a man who didn’t seem too pleased with the attention she was drawing.
The man in the driver’s seat looked back at them suspiciously. Then Jamal read the woman’s lips.
She was mouthing “Help me.”
Now, the two realized this wasn’t a joke. They had little time to process things before the car started driving off.
As they sped away, the teens saw the lady frantically pounding on the car’s rear window.
That was all the cue the boys needed. Someone was in mortal danger, and no one else was around to do anything. Their friend at work could wait.
Aaron called the police and described what they’d just seen. It was clear they were witnessing a kidnapping.
Then the teens began tailing the car for the next half hour. Eventually, the driver realized he was being followed.
The driver was stepping on it and cornering abruptly, trying to shake them off. Aaron told ABC News:
“They’d move around a lot, and sometimes they would go really, really fast to where we can barely see them. And then we’d catch up and then they would go super slow.”
This suspect knew he wasn’t getting away.
But Aaron and Jamal weren’t too worried. In fact, Jamal said:
“I was beyond excited because I knew someone was gonna stop them.”
And someone did. The police eventually showed up.
Watching the sight of justice being served was delightful to the young boys.
They rejoiced and took comfort in seeing the police pull the suspect out of the car.
When this was all dealt with, the little details eventually began to reveal themselves.
The suspect had followed the 25-year-old woman into her car and hit her in the head with a gun.
Thankfully, the car was stopped before the man could hurt the woman even more.
Now safe and sound, the victim thanked the two boys.
They were the reason she survived, and that was kind of a big deal.
The suspect was identified as Charles Atkins Lewis Jr. and, luckily, he was caught in the act. Should make it easy to get him behind bars.
It was a day the boys will never forget – after all, it’s a day they both saved a life and became heroes. They even received a “thank you” hug from the young woman who was beyond grateful for their actions.
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