Texas Pizza Worker Takes Smoke Break and Saves Kidnapped Child

The Root ^ | July 13 2015 | STEPHEN A. CROCKETT JR.

[nickcarraway]

Courtney Best normally smokes behind the pizza shop where she works, but on this day she decided to take her smoke break out front, and that decision may have saved a 7-year-old’s life.

On July 9 Courtney Best, 26, stepped outside the Papa Murphy's pizza in Corpus Christi, Texas, where she works, for a quick cigarette. Instead of her normal routine of going out back for a smoke, on this day she stepped out front, and the move may have saved a child's life.

"I stepped outside, I was standing by the trash can, and I [saw] a white car pull up, and I just happen to take my phone with me, 'cause we don't look at our phones at work, and I looked down and I saw 'white Dodge Avenger Amber Alert,' and I was like, 'Nah, that's not him,' " Best told KRIS TV.

The Amber Alert was for 7-year-old Nicolas Gomez, who had been abducted from Alice, Texas.

Best told the news station that she saw the man who was with the child, but still wasn't convinced that the person was the suspect.

[nickcarraway]

[JohnBrowdie]

she was later heavily criticized for smoking outside, most of which is a strict no smoking area

[Ouchthatonehurt]

By the grace of God she was out front.

[JimSEA]

Good for her. We’re not all brain dead.

[roadcat]

she was later heavily criticized for smoking outside, most of which is a strict no smoking area

I hate people who rain on a party. This woman did good, but some jerks can't keep their mouth shut and they try to dampen good cheer.

[Ventilator on]

[right way right]

Best news of the day.

[stanne]

Guardian angel

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

I love this story. Good for her.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Where is she suppose to smoke if not outside?

[boycott]

Great job Courtney!

[Beowulf9]

She just so happened to step outside just at that moment, saw her phone with an amber alert just at that moment, called the police and they were able to apprehend the man.

Pretty coincidental, eh?

Angels.

[JohnBrowdie]

hmmmmmmmm.

[Ciexyz]

Just wow.

[Crim]

Uh...pretty sure that was a joke.

[Conservative4Ever]

Good on you, Courtney. Good job.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

Good for her. Smoke ‘em if ya got ‘em.

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

Smoking saves lives!

[Crazieman]

Wasn’t the Boston bomber caught because a guy stepped out for a smoke?

[wintertime]

So?......What is the name of the abductor?

Could it possibly be that the abductor is an illegal alien and that is why his name was omitted?

Maybe the name was omitted because the abductor is one of the LGBT crowd.