Indy man helps rescue own sons from carjacking
It was every parent's worst nightmare. Tom Ardizone risked his own life Sunday to chase thieves who took his family's car from the driveway with his sons, 4-year-old Luke and 7-year-old Andrew, in the back seat.
Ardizone and his wife left their car idling in the driveway Sunday afternoon while they went back inside the house for something. When he came back outside, Ardizone saw a stranger pulling out the the driveway and his two boys screaming for help in the backseat.
Ardizone called 911 and jumped into the family SUV, racing after the suspects. Three neighbors who saw the commotion chased after the suspects in their vehicles.
Ardizone said the wireless communication technology in his wife's car helped end the chase. "Basically, when I called 911, the man in the Acura could hear the (police) dispatch come on and say 'What's your emergency?' " Ardizone said. Andrew then began screaming for help. The brave 7 year old told the driver if he didn't stop the car he would hit him in the head with his Star Wars Lightsaber. The suspect then threaten to shoot the boy.
The car thieves pulled off the road and got out, leaving the children inside. When Ardizone pulled up alongside his wife's car, the suspect pointed a gun at him and fired three shots. One hit a tire, another went through the vehicle and the third hit Ardizone, causing a superficial wound. Thankfully, the children were unharmed.
The two teenage suspects fled in a silver Ford Escape that was reported stolen on Friday, police said. Marion County Sheriff's deputies later apprehended them.
I can't imagine living through this. What if they had only the one car at home and the father couldn't have chased after them? Would the police have found the boys unharmed? I can't even begin to imagine the fear of the poor mother, standing in the driveway watching her husband race off after the boys. Tears well up in my eyes as I try to imagine the fear that those two poor boys felt as the strangers drove away with them. But how brave that 7 year old must have been to scream to the dispatcher for help and to try to get the criminals to stop the car.
My thoughts are with these two poor little boys in hopes that the fear they must have felt will fade away. I wish them happy dreams and warm cuddles in the safety of their parent's arms. Thank goodness it turned out as it did.
Ardizone and his wife left their car idling in the driveway Sunday afternoon while they went back inside the house for something. When he came back outside, Ardizone saw a stranger pulling out the the driveway and his two boys screaming for help in the backseat.
Ardizone called 911 and jumped into the family SUV, racing after the suspects. Three neighbors who saw the commotion chased after the suspects in their vehicles.
Ardizone said the wireless communication technology in his wife's car helped end the chase. "Basically, when I called 911, the man in the Acura could hear the (police) dispatch come on and say 'What's your emergency?' " Ardizone said. Andrew then began screaming for help. The brave 7 year old told the driver if he didn't stop the car he would hit him in the head with his Star Wars Lightsaber. The suspect then threaten to shoot the boy.
The car thieves pulled off the road and got out, leaving the children inside. When Ardizone pulled up alongside his wife's car, the suspect pointed a gun at him and fired three shots. One hit a tire, another went through the vehicle and the third hit Ardizone, causing a superficial wound. Thankfully, the children were unharmed.
The two teenage suspects fled in a silver Ford Escape that was reported stolen on Friday, police said. Marion County Sheriff's deputies later apprehended them.
I can't imagine living through this. What if they had only the one car at home and the father couldn't have chased after them? Would the police have found the boys unharmed? I can't even begin to imagine the fear of the poor mother, standing in the driveway watching her husband race off after the boys. Tears well up in my eyes as I try to imagine the fear that those two poor boys felt as the strangers drove away with them. But how brave that 7 year old must have been to scream to the dispatcher for help and to try to get the criminals to stop the car.
My thoughts are with these two poor little boys in hopes that the fear they must have felt will fade away. I wish them happy dreams and warm cuddles in the safety of their parent's arms. Thank goodness it turned out as it did.
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