The 11-year-old girl who fought off an attempted kidnapping this week was considered as “Brave Teenager” for her quick thinking that helped police identify the suspect.
That's exactly what happened. Alyssa was 1 her school bus in Pensacola, Florida, Tuesday morning when a man drove up. The man got out of his vehicle holding a knife and came towards her 2. Predicting what was going on, the girl was trying to escape before the man could grab her, but 3. There's a violent 4 before she broke free from the man's 5 grasp and they both fall to the ground. Fortunately, Alyssa was running away 6 the man hurried back to his car and drove off.
The girl was 7 blue slime, sort of thick liquid, at the time of the kidnapping attempt. 8 she was able to get the slime onto his upper arm and a little bit on his lower arm because she knew that might be better 9 if the policemen did find him. As expected, the suspect 30-year-old Jared Paul Stanga got 10 in no time due to the blue slime Alyssa marked on his arm.
Alyssa told investigators that the same man had 11 her about two weeks ago at the bus stop and made her feel 12. She told her mother and school officials what had happened, and her mom had been walking her to the bus stop each day. Tuesday was the first day since the previous 13 that the girl's mother did not go with her to the bus stop.
Asked how she felt after her 14 escape, Alyssa said, “mostly proud of myself,” and the officer praised, “Alyssa's detailed observation and quick thinking did make a big difference to save herself in such an 15.”
