Brave 11-year-old NYC girl recalls shoving creep who tried to hug, kidnap her after school: ‘I was scared’

An 11-year-old girl in the Bronx says she escaped after a stranger grabbed her wrist and tried to hug her while she was walking home from school. She broke free, shoved him and ran back to her brother; the suspect remains at large.

Fatima had become separated from her older brother in Mott Haven at about 6pm, when it was dark. She says the man asked where she lived and whether she was 18 before asking for a hug and grabbing her. Her mother said Fatima pinched his hand to get free, and school staff called police; surveillance footage captured the man. Fatima went home to celebrate her birthday and returned to school the next day.