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Skateboarders who stopped sex assault among Calgarians honoured for bravery at Chief's Awards Gala
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/2016-chief-awards-gala-calgary-1.3611207
Four skateboarders received special recognition after they stepped in when a man was sexually assaulting a teenage girl, scared him off, chased him down, and held him until police arrested him.
The young men — and 25 other Calgarians — received an award from Chief Const. Roger Chaffin in recognition for their exceptional bravery at the Chief's Awards Gala Thursday night.
The four friends were in an underground parkade at Chinook Mall when they saw a well-dressed man carrying what appeared to be a seriously drunk and distraught young woman.
"She was screaming and yelling. She just wanted to be out of there. She was all scuffed up and dirty," said Carsyn Wright, one of the longboarders
They stopped the man and began questioning him to determine whether or not the young woman was safe.
The man answered the group's questions, saying he was trying to phone the girl's father for a ride home.
The group, believing him, let him go and watched the pair enter a nearby stairwell.
"You don't want to really think of the worst in somebody like that. You don't want that situation to be real, so you just brush it off and hope for the best," Wright said.
Four skateboarders received special recognition after they stepped in when a man was sexually assaulting a teenage girl, scared him off, chased him down, and held him until police arrested him.
The young men — and 25 other Calgarians — received an award from Chief Const. Roger Chaffin in recognition for their exceptional bravery at the Chief's Awards Gala Thursday night.
The four friends were in an underground parkade at Chinook Mall when they saw a well-dressed man carrying what appeared to be a seriously drunk and distraught young woman.
"She was screaming and yelling. She just wanted to be out of there. She was all scuffed up and dirty," said Carsyn Wright, one of the longboarders
They stopped the man and began questioning him to determine whether or not the young woman was safe.
The man answered the group's questions, saying he was trying to phone the girl's father for a ride home.
The group, believing him, let him go and watched the pair enter a nearby stairwell.
"You don't want to really think of the worst in somebody like that. You don't want that situation to be real, so you just brush it off and hope for the best," Wright said.
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Another link for this story: https://spotlightstories.co/teens-stop-assault/
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