Posted on 08/16/2011 6:20:46 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The pair of 911 calls came in quick succession from a New Mexico mobile home park. On one, a frantic 12-year-old says her little sister is missing. On the other is the wife of the man who would be credited with saving the 6-year-old from every parent's nightmare.
"We are outside of my mom's house here," Martha Diaz told the dispatcher. "We heard a man going, `Hey, hey let her go. Let her go.' So we turn around ...
"The man came running to us and said, `They stole a little girl.'"
Phillip Garcia, 29, had snatched the girl moments earlier on Monday afternoon in Albuquerque, taking her away in a blue van, police said. Diaz's husband, Antonio Diaz Chacon, gave chase in his car.
Garcia tried to lose him but ended up crashing into a telephone pole a few miles away, police said.
Garcia fled on foot, and Diaz Chacon grabbed the girl and took her home, police said. Garcia then returned to his wrecked van and took off but was later captured by police, authorities said.
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Wow! The only thing happier would have been if all the neighbors had beaten the guy into a pulp. But hopefully the case is so blatant even the squishiest judge will have to give him a major sentence.
God bless him for taking action. As a mom, I am grateful there was someone there who cared and had the presence of mind and bravery to give chase as he did. He saved her life.
I am sure the neighbors would have beaten the crap out of him if they could have caught him but he took off as soon as he grabbed the girl.
This man is a hero! God bless him!
Bless that good citizen.
Mr. Antonio Diaz Chacon is the very heart and soul of a “godfather” to that child, as there is no better definition of that word.
Mr Diaz Chacon is a hero.... God Bless him an make his life better because of what he did.
Ah sweet little girl--so innocent. I hope this bastard is never let out--next victim might not be as lucky.
Great story, so glad it has a Very Happy Ending.
I read that, too. I doubt that her parents were upset that she didn’t bring them home.
New info posted about the case.
There are not coincidences.
“There are not coincidences. “
True, true.
I agree—she had a guardian angel looking out for her. Thank goodness for that angel and thank goodness for Antonio Chacon!
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