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Texas Pizza Worker Takes Smoke Break and Saves Kidnapped Child
The Root ^
| July 13 2015
| STEPHEN A. CROCKETT JR.
Posted on 07/13/2015 8:54:51 PM PDT by 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-olds 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.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: pizza; samaritan; texas
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To: nickcarraway
she was later heavily criticized for smoking outside, most of which is a strict no smoking area
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posted on
07/13/2015 8:56:59 PM PDT
by
JohnBrowdie
(http://forum.stink-eye.net)
To: nickcarraway
By the grace of God she was out front.
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posted on
07/13/2015 9:01:27 PM PDT
by
Ouchthatonehurt
("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
To: nickcarraway
Good for her. We’re not all brain dead.
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posted on
07/13/2015 9:04:48 PM PDT
by
JimSEA
To: JohnBrowdie
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.
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posted on
07/13/2015 9:06:35 PM PDT
by
roadcat
To: nickcarraway
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
07/13/2015 9:09:15 PM PDT
by
right way right
(Disclaimer: Not a prophet but I have a pretty good record.)
To: Ouchthatonehurt
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posted on
07/13/2015 9:12:46 PM PDT
by
stanne
To: nickcarraway
I love this story. Good for her.
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posted on
07/13/2015 9:12:56 PM PDT
by
The Ghost of FReepers Past
(Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
To: JohnBrowdie
Where is she suppose to smoke if not outside?
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posted on
07/13/2015 9:13:25 PM PDT
by
The Ghost of FReepers Past
(Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
07/13/2015 9:25:08 PM PDT
by
boycott
To: nickcarraway
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.
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posted on
07/13/2015 9:26:31 PM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
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posted on
07/13/2015 9:34:22 PM PDT
by
JohnBrowdie
(http://forum.stink-eye.net)
To: JohnBrowdie
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posted on
07/13/2015 9:41:10 PM PDT
by
Ciexyz
To: roadcat
Uh...pretty sure that was a joke.
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posted on
07/13/2015 9:41:27 PM PDT
by
Crim
(Palin / West '16)
To: nickcarraway
Good on you, Courtney. Good job.
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posted on
07/13/2015 9:46:27 PM PDT
by
Conservative4Ever
(Hey Hillary, ... liar, liar pants on fire.-)
To: nickcarraway
Good for her. Smoke ‘em if ya got ‘em.
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posted on
07/13/2015 9:47:51 PM PDT
by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
07/13/2015 9:48:12 PM PDT
by
Rides_A_Red_Horse
(Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
To: Rides_A_Red_Horse
Wasn’t the Boston bomber caught because a guy stepped out for a smoke?
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posted on
07/13/2015 9:50:20 PM PDT
by
Crazieman
(Article V or National Divorce. The only solutions now.)
To: nickcarraway
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.
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posted on
07/13/2015 9:53:15 PM PDT
by
wintertime
(Stop treating government teachers like they are reincarnated Mother Teresas!)
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