Video Shows Lyft Driver, Passenger Stop to Help Woman in West Loop Attempted Kidnapping
Published 20 mins agoVideo captured the harrowing final moments of a woman's attempted kidnapping in the West Loop, which was thwarted by two Good Samaritans who stopped to aid as she screamed for help.
The footage, taken by someone inside a residence near the scene, shows a man and a Lyft driver attempting to stop a minivan from fleeing the scene. At approximately 8:45 a.m., a woman was walking in the 200 block of South Sangamon, on her way to get coffee, when an unknown offender approached her and grabbed both of her arms, Chicago police said in a community alert. The offender attempted to pull her into a maroon Dodge Plymouth minivan, but the woman screamed and tried to fight him off.
“I see a man walk out of a minivan and start walking towards me. I start moving faster, then he grabs me, starts to pull me in towards the van," the woman, who wished remain anonymous for safety concerns, told NBC 5.
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