A 13-year-old boy saved his little sister from a kidnapping by using his slingshot to fight off the attacker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Owen Burns took aim from a window when he heard the eight-year-old scream outside their house in Alpena Township, northern Michigan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He initially thought she was “messing around” with friends, but threw down his video game and leapt into action when he heard her yell for a second time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“So I looked out the window and saw her being abducted by a person and I freaked out,” he told local network WWTV\/WWUP-TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I grab my slingshot and open the window and I grab two things – a marble and a gravel rock or something.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His quick thinking gave his sister the chance to get away, and police said his “extraordinary” actions on 10 May might have saved her life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I was just lucky. He’s just a big target because he’s not like one Pepsi can,” said Owen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A 17-year-old male has been charged with attempted kidnapping and other charges, and police said he had visible wounds from being hit in the head and chest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Owen said he had to act, but that things could have easily turned out differently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He told reporters: “If I wasn’t out there and I didn’t hear her scream, then she was gone.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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