Watch As Hero 8-Year-Old Prevents His Abduction And That Of His Sister

This Siblings Day we look back at an incredile act of bravery that may have saved his life and that of his sister.

April 10, 2020

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On this National Siblings Day we honor the courage of two young children who through quick wits and sheer bravery were able to foil an attempted kidnapping.

On April 25, 2019 in Middletown, OH 10-year-old Skylar and 8-year-old Chance were waiting in their grandmother's car when a stranger carjacked the vehicle. Dramatic surveillance footage shows the critical few seconds that enused, in which the driver speeds off, but not before Chance is able to fight off the abductor and free his sister from the passenger seat and drag her out of the vehicle. Who knows what would have happened had it not been for this amazing feat of bravery. Watch as the ordeal unfolds and hear from the kids and police officer themselves as they recount the whol harrowing ordeal.

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