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Showing Original Post only (View all)Wisconsin woman leaps on her car to stop carjacker at gas station [View all]
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wisconsin-woman-leaps-car-stop-carjacker-gas-station/story?id=47633136<iframe src='http://abcnews.go.com/video/embed?id=47634495' width='640' height='360' scrolling='no' style='border:none;'></iframe> (wish I could embed)
A Wisconsin woman was pumping gas this week when a thief jumped into the driver's seat of her car and she leapt onto the hood of the car to stop him, in a shocking moment caught on video.
Melissa Smith, 28, of Milwaukee, said at least four other cars were at the gas station alongside her as she pumped gas Tuesday afternoon.
When she got out of her car to remove the gas pump, she said she left the keys in the ignition.
She then "turned around and realized someone was in my car."
"I had a 'this is not happening today' moment," she recalled to ABC News, and "ran around my car and then decided to hop on."
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My thoughts too. VERY LUCKY the carjacker didn't take off or turn suddenly as she would have been
anneboleyn
May 2017
#18
I always take my purse with me and lock the car doors when I pump gas, because of "sliders":
tblue37
May 2017
#20
I always take my keys out but I don't lock my doors because I have nothing worth stealing
steve2470
May 2017
#5
This is why I wear a cross-body purse--it is ON ME while I load my groceries into my trunk. nt
tblue37
May 2017
#21
Yes, exactly. I have been locking our cars for years for these reasons. Purses get stolen.
anneboleyn
May 2017
#19
Yes, it's very stupid, and it makes me cringe that so many on FB were cheering this as she was in
anneboleyn
May 2017
#22
I have a locking gas cap, so even though I can pop the gas tank door open from inside,
Grammy23
May 2017
#30