[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 11975-11976]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            LANCASTER HEROES

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                          HON. JOSEPH R. PITTS

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 19, 2013

  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, today, I come to the floor to recognize two 
young heroes from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
  Last week, a young five-year-old girl was abducted from her front 
yard by a stranger, an older man who turned out to be a previously 
convicted sex offender.
  The police and folks across the neighborhood quickly organized a 
search.

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  Temar Boggs and Chris Garcia set out on their bikes with other 
friends.
  When the boys spotted a suspicious car wandering through their 
development, they checked it out and saw the young girl inside.
  They relentlessly chased the driver on their bikes for 15 furious 
minutes.
  Recognizing that the boys wouldn't give up, the man let her out of 
the car and drove away.
  She immediately ran to the boys asking for her mother.
  They safely brought her back home, and while they might not think of 
themselves as heroes, they certainly are.
  Thanks to Temar and Chris, the girl is home and the suspect is now in 
custody.

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