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The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang

Michigan boy, 13, saves sister by hitting potential kidnapper with slingshot

Police crime tape
The suspect ‘grabbed her like you’d see in the movies … and was attempting to pull her into the woods.’ Photograph: Apu Gomes/AFP/Getty Images

A 13-year-old boy in Michigan saved his younger sister from a potential kidnapper by shooting the attacker with a slingshot, according to authorities.

Police called the boy’s actions “extraordinary” and said he deserved to be commended after defending his sister with a weapon many associate with the biblical hero David – in his mortal battle against Goliath – and Link, the protagonist of the classic video game The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

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