CHILDREN PROJECTS
Twins, 7, Attack Carjacker With Fists and Rubber Snake
their baby brother off a few miles away.
The children's grandmother said she is most relieved that the carjacker was not interested in kidnapping her grandkids.
"The boys told me that the man just wanted the car.
He even shook their hands before dropping them
off, and let them keep their tablet," said Segovia.
Once they were dropped off, the boys talked a little
A car thief was
forced to pull over
girl who got them help.
"The kids had been taught never to talk to
after a couple miles in the stolen vehicle because
twin boys, age 7, who were in the car attacked him, strangers, so when they got out of the car, they didn't want to approach a house they didn't recognize,"
police said.
"One of the boys was punching the man in the face;
the other was hitting him with a rubber snake," Sgt.
said Salazar. "But they saw a little girl outside one
of the houses, and they felt safe talking to her."
Javier Salazar of the San Antonio Police Depart-
The girl's parents alerted authorities about the boys
ment told ABC News.
and after verifying the children's identities, police
The car was swiped from in front of the home of Lu-
reunited the boys with their anxious parents.
cia Lozada Thursday as the mother was standing
"The parents were just so relieved," said Salazar.
just feet from the vehicle. Her twin sons and a 1-
"They were thanking us for getting their children
year-old were buckled into the car as the family
back so quickly, but we are of course crediting the
readied to go to church. The father had gone back
twins who are as cute and as brave as can be."
into the house to get the baby a bottle.
"Lucia saw the man before he took the car," said
Although the thief is still at large, police are relatively certain that they will find him because he has fre-
Herminia Segovia, the children's grandmother. "She quented the neighborhood in the past.
recognized him from around the neighborhood and
even waved to him. Before she could do anything
he jumped into the car and drove away."
"I'd like to say we are cautiously optimistic that we'll
catch him, because someone in the area knows this
guy," said Salazar.
The distraught mother called police who rushed to
the scene, but within 10 minutes her boys had got
the carjacker to pull over and drop the boys and
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