Temar Boggs, Chris Garcia Rescue Abducted PA Girl: Teens Chased Kidnapper on Bikes [VIDEO]
With all of the coverage given to the George Zimmerman trial and the NSA spying scandal, the United States could use a feel good story. Well, two Pennsylvania teens just might be the heroes we need during these trying times.
Temar Boggs and Chris Garcia are receiving quite a bit of attention after the two saved a local 5-year-old girl from her abductor. Though Boggs has gotten the lion's share of the praise thus far for saving the girl, he has been quick to acknowledge that it was a team effort between him and Garcia.
"It was like fate, it was like meant for me and Chris to be there. If we wouldn't have left (to look for the girl) who knows what would have happened to the little girl," Boggs said.
The two boys reported that someone came to their house Thursday afternoon asking if they had seen a missing girl, Jocelyn Rojas. After saying that they hadn't, the boys quickly turned on the news and soon found out more details of the abduction. Not soon after that, they heard more police drive nearby, and decided to join the hunt to find little Jocelyn.
The boys, who were at Garcia's house, took to their bikes in an attempt to hunt down Jocelyn's abductor. It was then that they noticed a suspicious vehicle turn right as it was about to approach a group of police officer, careening down the neighborhood's side streets. Boggs and Garcia took off in pursuit.
"As soon as the guy started noticing that we were chasing him, he stopped at the end of the hill and let her out, and she ran to me and said that she needed her mom," Boggs said. "If he wasn't going to stop, I was probably going to like, jump on the car."
Luckily, it didn't come to that, and everyone returned home safe and sound. Boggs and Garcia were partly aided in their pursuit by the fact that the neighborhood had many dead ends and cul-de-sacs, greatly slowing down the abductor's car. Once they secured Jocelyn, the teens promptly returned her to authorities and were immediately lauded as heroes.
"He's our hero. I mean, there's no words to say," Jocelyn's grandmother told a local television station. "You see the amber alerts and you think, 'I feel for that family.' But when you're in that situation. Oh my god, it's horrible."
As for the abductor, he is still at large. Reports say he is driving a maroon car with round tail lights. The man is a white male in his 50s to 70s, and was last seen wearing green shoes, green pants, and a red-and-white striped shirt. He walks with a limp. Anyone with information that could lead to his arrest should call the Lancaster Police Department at (717) 735-3300.
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