A typical afternoon found Owen Burns returning from school when he heard his sister screaming. He was annoyed by the disturbance her screams caused, but he could see no evil in her cries for help.
He was startled when he turned to look out his window, but he quickly overcame that to make a choice that would save his life.
Owen Burns was about to start playing “Call of Duty: Black Ops II,” his preferred game on his PlayStation 3, when he heard his sister screaming in the backyard. The thirteen-year-old became agitated because she felt foolish.
The teen was in his bedroom when he later saw a stranger attempting to drag his sister, who was only eight years old, to the woods that bordered their home.
The frightened teenager grabbed his slingshot and collected any nearby items he could use as ammunition, such as marble and rock. He fired directly at the kidnapper’s eyes, right between them.
The next time, he struck him in the chest. He was using foul language. Owen told the press, “He was cursing.”.
At the Burns’ home in Alpena Township, Michigan, the meeting took place in the open air. Their mother, Maggie Burns, claims that there aren’t many kidnappings in the area.
After the encounter, his 8-year-old sister was unharmed but undoubtedly terrified. The 17-year-old kidnapper’s identity was kept a secret by the Michigan State Police, but they did say that he would be charged as an adult.
During a press conference, Lt. John Grimshaw praised Owen for his “extraordinary” deeds, saying that he “really is the one that… I believe he saved his sister’s life or from something seriously bad happening to her.”. The actions of this young person were heroic in every way!
He went on to say that the young man should be commended for his efforts.
There was nothing unusual about the adolescent’s use of a standard slingshot. Due to a sale, his mother paid $3 for it. The teenager claimed that he regularly went outside to his yard and practiced shooting at old orange juice cans, which helped him get better at aiming.
The boy claimed he had only one thought when he first saw a stranger trying to kidnap his sister: if the stranger was successful, he would probably either kill his sister or use her as a sex slave.
According to Grimshaw’s account of the incident, the abductor “came from behind her, grabbed her like you see in the movies — hand over the mouth, arm around the waist — and was trying to pull her into the woods.”.
At that moment, Owen started shooting at him with his slingshot. She ran inside the house sobbing when the kidnapper released his hold on her, telling her brother that she had nearly died. With a furious rant against the kidnapper, Owen stormed outside. He attempted to hit him with a baseball but failed. The slingshot’s rubber then started to crack, making his third attempt useless. Then he attempted to strike him with it once more.
The siblings then called their mother, who had made a pit stop on her way home from work to help out at a relative’s home. Her agitated and incomprehensible children were on the phone, so she hurried home to call the police. She could make out the word “kidnapper.”. ”.
Maggie acknowledged, “I was in shock for a few days.
At a nearby gas station, the 17-year-old kidnapper was found hiding. He was later charged with attempted kidnapping, attempted criminal assault, misdemeanor assault, and battery in Alpena County District Court.
According to a police press release, “he had obvious signs of an injury consistent with those that would have been sustained from the slingshot strikes to his head and chest.”. ”.
Maggie questioned his son’s assertion that he struck the kidnapper precisely in the face and chest from 200 feet away. The information was however supported by the police, who claimed that as they spoke with the suspect, the goose egg caused by the marble on his forehead grew.
You asserted that I always tell lies. Owen said to his mother.
She replied, “I just couldn’t believe it. “I just didn’t think it sounded real until there was confirmation. The phrase has a movie-like quality to it.
In response, the adolescent said, “Mom, things in movies can and do happen in real life. “What a brave young man!
In this endearing tale, a big brother stands up for his little sister out of selfless decency. Share this story with them to inspire your loved ones and friends.
