Bombers' carjacking victim says he's lucky to be alive

[snagglepuss]

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"They asked me where I'm from. I told them I'm Chinese," the man said. "I was very scared. I asked them if they were going to hurt me. They said they won't hurt me. I was thinking, 'I think they will kill me later.'"

But if that was their plan, they wouldn't get the chance. The carjacking victim said his car was running out of gas, so the men needed to fill up.

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"I thought it was a very good chance for me to run," he said. "So, I made a judgment. I used my left hand to unbuckle my belt, my right hand to open the door. I jumped out of the car and ran away across the street."

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The man said he could hear the brother swearing at him as he ran.



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[Xipe Totec]

1. He probably saved a lot of lives besides his own

Give that man a medal for messing up their murderous plans.

[Yo_Mama]

6. Apparently he thought he heard the word "Manhattan"

when they were speaking in Russian. So that's why they shut down cab and public transport service.
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/04/23/miller-tsarnaev-brothers-killed-mit-officer-because-they-needed-a-gun/

At LEAST this part of the story has a happy ending. They think the motive for killing the MIT officer was to get his gun.

This reminds me of the Dartmouth College murders more than anything else. The official motive is of course different, but otherwise it seems to be a similar sort of situation.
http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20136817,00.html

[Warpy]

9. No kidding!!!

While I doubt he left his cell phone behind voluntarily, he was able to tell the cops about it and they used it to track these jerks to Watertown.

Between him and one very pissed off boat owner, the bombers had a very bad day.

[freshwest]

11. +1,000.

[marions ghost]

2. He's lucky his car was about out of gas

smart to run for it....

[snooper2]

3. he's lucky he wasn't a privileged white dude

[Common Sense Party]

4. "He tried to catch me, but I ran very fast."

Rule #1: Cardio.

[Xipe Totec]

5. He should try out for the Marathon next year. nt

[Common Sense Party]

7. He'll be safe when the Zombie apocalypse comes, that's for sure.

[Xipe Totec]

8. Don't get cocky. I run fast for a zombie. nt

[Common Sense Party]

12. As long as I can run faster than the guy next to me, I should be okay.

Unless you're REALLY hungry.

[Xipe Totec]

13. Brains - the ultimate fast food...

[tblue]

14. Yep. A really good reason to keep your bod in shape

I thought they'd just let him go. I hadn't heard he escaped. Whew! Lucky lucky guy! He will be very famous and maybe make some good money off of this story.

[graham4anything]

19. Wellness. He probably loves his nanny.And doesn't drink 48 ounce sodas. He is a hero.

[Rex]

10. They tried to kill hundreds of people, what would one more life be to them?

Smart man, they would have killed him imo.

[snagglepuss]

16. I agree that they wouldn't have any compunction killing him but they probably

would have used him as a hostage.

[Rex]

17. Yes or tied explosives to his body and

forced him at someone. I am so glad they were stopped and think they were not done yet.

[lovemydog]

15. very smart to flee

The could have used him as a human shield or who knows what.

[zeeland]

18. I recall an expert giving women

(and men) tips on surviving an abduction. The one issue he could not state
strongly enough was, never get into a car with an abductor. It lowers your
chances of survival greatly. He suggested screaming fire, vomiting, defecating,
urinating on the spot, anything but getting in the car.

So glad he made it otta there.

[snagglepuss]

22. I heard the same thing anbout not getting in a car but never

heard about defecating or vomiting. They would would probably be very effective strategies though in those situations its probably easy simply to freeze up so kudos to this man for keeping his head.

Welcome to DU

[Heather MC]

20. Now see if the Chinese guy had his AR-15

Then he wouldn't have had to run

[KittyWampus]

21. But according the the WSJ, they didn't kill him because he wasn't American