Quick Thinking Teen Cleverly Befriended Woman’s Kidnapper In Order To Rescue Her

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Deep down, we all dream of heroism. Perhaps not the fantastical heights of say, the superhumans from DC or Marvel, but smaller affairs like saving children from burning buildings, punching out a bank robber or giving life-saving CPR to someone collapsed in the road. All of us are drawn to and fascinated by selflessness and bravery.

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Indeed, considering how morbid, dark and often cruel our world can be, it's always a bright spark to see someone step in and do the right thing, especially someone young. Recently, someone matching that description, through quick wit, prevented something worse from occurring to a woman.

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Montreal native Malyk Bonnet, 17, was at a bus stop, having finished his shift at a local restaurant, when he saw a couple fighting nearby. The pair approached him and asked for money for a bus fare to the town of Laval. Bonnet claims he was suspicious, but he agreed to help. Not wanting to leave the young woman alone, Bonnet says he created a plan to stay with the couple, saying he too was heading home to Laval.

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He explains that:

"My plan was to keep them in a public place where he wouldn't hurt her. I decided to be friendly with the man and have him think I was his friend. I played my game and he seemed to trust me."

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After arriving in Laval, Bonnet decided to distract the couple by telling them to go eat with him, leaving them $50 as they sat at a table.

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He then made an excuse about using the restroom, to then do, as he explains:

"I borrowed a cell phone from someone because mine had died and told police that it was an emergency, that someone had been kidnapped and were at this restaurant."

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The man caught Bonnet on the phone, but the teenager tricked him by saying he had just called a cab. Police arrived within minutes and arrested the man.

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Although Bonnet didn't speak with the woman after her captor was taken into custody, Bonnet said that:

"We made eye contact and she had tears in her eyes. She was really happy."

However, there's more to this story than that. Turn the next page to learn of an incredible coincidence.

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Little did Bonnet know, as he carefully planned and schemed, that police had been actually been searching for the couple after the woman's family reported her missing earlier that day. Lt. Daniel Guerin of the Laval Police Department said:

"We had been looking for a 29-year-old woman who had been reported kidnapped by her former boyfriend. We knew that the man was not stable. He was recently in jail for violence and had been found guilty of assault and death threats against her."

Across Canada, Bonnet is being praised for his valour: He was on the front page of the Journal de Montreal Friday, and he and his family were given a tour of Laval Police headquarters, where officers had collected money to reimburse Bonnet for the money he spent on the bus fare and food that night. He is also being nominated for a local and notional award of bravery for his actions.

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Lt Guerin expressed his thanks to the youngster, and what I believe is a fitting conclusion to this piece, stating:

"He's a real hero, we all think. His quick actions may have saved this young woman's life. He now has 500 new friends in our department."