SEATTLE — The parents of an 8-year-old girl who faced an attempted kidnapping said the attack was stopped only because she was taught situational awareness to fight.
“The only reason that we’re not here grappling with an outrageous tragedy is that my daughter knew the stakes, fought to get away, and that my neighbors were swift and diligent in their response to the situation,” the girl’s mother, Shannon, said at the suspect’s arraignment hearing Monday.
Shannon said she has consistently reminded her daughter to stay in pairs or groups, tell adults where she will be and remain situationally aware…