Kids Jump From Stolen Car

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People are shocked after a car was stolen in north Portland, Oregon with two young children in the backseat. While that’s always a frightening situation, this story is different from most because the kids jumped from that vehicle, realizing the danger they were in. It’s the kind of thing that haunts every parent’s worst nightmares.

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Thankfully, the children are safe and back with their father, who was pretty shook up by the whole ordeal. Plus, the car thief has been caught. So everything turned out far better than in many other cases. We just hope the two kids aren’t haunted by the ordeal in the long run.

The father had stopped at a place in north Portland to pick up his 4-year-old daughter from preschool had just picked up his two sons, ages 9 and 11, from their school. He briefly left the vehicle and upon coming back outside saw a woman outside it. Before he could reach the car, that woman jumped in and sped off, the father holding onto the door, he revealed in an interview with KPTV.