Hero Gas Station Employee Sees Female Customer Trembling With Fear And Knows Her Abuser Is Outside

Dec 06, 2019 by apost team

A gas station clerk in Waterford, California, is being hailed as a hero after saving a woman from her kidnappers.

Savannah Pritchett was working her usual shift at the Triple R Gas and Mart when an unidentified woman came inside. The woman was shaking with terror, and she immediately went to the counter and pleaded for help.

She told Savannah that she'd been kidnapped and that she'd managed to convince her abductors to let her use the bathroom in the gas station.

They were waiting in the car, she said, and they had guns.

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Most people would've panicked at hearing this news, but Savannah sprang into action. She locked the front door, hid the woman in the employee bathroom and called the cops. After thinking about it, she unlocked the front door again.

"I knew that if I left the door locked they would have caught on to something and probably took off," she told ABC 13.

Instead, the kidnappers had no idea what she'd done, and when they came looking for their victim a few minutes later, Savannah welcomed them into the store like any other customer.

That's when the police arrived and arrested them.

Two men were taken into custody right away, and another two men were caught later. According to police, they were gang members who had kidnapped and sexually assaulted the victim for several days while driving around California.

Astonishingly, the victim had tried to ask several other people for help during her ordeal, but she'd been rebuffed.

"The girl told me she tried to get help from two different guys in Fresno and I think in Bakersfield or something, and both the guys drove right off from her," Savannah revealed.

Fortunately, Savannah wasn't the type of person to turn a blind eye. The local sheriff's office has hailed her as a hero, saying that she "very well may have saved the life" of the victim with her smart and quick-thinking actions. She's also being praised by outlets like ABC News and Good Morning America.

However, Savannah is just happy that she could help.

"I'm very thankful that I got to help that girl, and I am very thankful that she's home safe with her family, and now I'm happy that they got those guys off the street," she told CBS.

What do you think, readers? Did Savannah handle the situation correctly? Would you have done anything differently? Sound off in the comments!