A girl kidnapped in Texas on July 6 was rescued three days later in Long Beach, California after waving a “Help Me” sign while inside her kidnapper’s vehicle.
Long Beach police credited the rescue to the quick thinking of a good samaritan and the girl, who tried to get help any way she could.
Police said the 13-year-old victim scribbled the words “Help Me” in red letters on a crumbled piece of paper and held the sign when she was inside a car in the parking lot of a laundromat. That sign caught the attention of the right person. “She is my customer,” said Touch Vong at Easy Wash Laundromat."She always comes to wash here, and she came and told me the girl in the car needed help."Sign up for NBC Philadelphia newsletters.Police said the man who kidnapped the girl was in the laundromat doing laundry. Vong said he brought the girl inside at one point that morning.
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