BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – This viral video out of Florida also caught the eye of the local police department, who say her reaction is what saved her life. It looks like something out of a movie. 18-year-old Emma Marine was being drug toward a truck in a Florida parking lot, screaming and resisting the whole time. Police there say it started as a robbery at the smoke shop where she worked.
“He tries going for the front door, so I block his way, and then he said, What are you gonna do about it? And then I sort of froze up a little bit. And then he just pushed me out of the door. And put me in a choke hold and dragged me out to the truck and tried shoving me in,” Marine told the St. Johns County Sheriff’s office.
In this case, Marine was saved by someone who heard her screaming and called the police. While it’s not common, according to Baton Rouge Police Corporal Wallace Britton, the department has seen 4 kidnappings since January 1 of 2025, where the victims did not know the suspect…