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Good Samaritan surprises 5 carjacking victims with free replacement cars By WLS Staff | February 1, 2021 at 2:13 AM CST - Updated February 1 at 2:14 AM CHICAGO (WLS) - A good Samaritan gave away five replacement vehicles to carjacking victims from Chicago, saying he knows how it feels to be carjacked and wanted to help them. Promised some much-needed help, five carjacking victims arrived Thursday at a neighborhood car dealership and car wash, where good Samaritan and businessman Jermaine Jordan gave them the surprise of a lifetime: free replacement cars. Emotions ranged from elation to shock. “He told me, ‘Believe in God,’ and I said, ‘I believe in him.’ He said, ‘You know what? That car is yours.’ I was like wow. I still don’t believe it,” said Edward Padilla, one of the carjacking victims. ....
Jermaine Jordan opened Free Hot Meals restaurant three months ago, using money from his car wash business to start cooking and distributing free food in Garfield Park. I felt like I had to do something because I was a victim of being carjacked three times, and each time I thought that my life was over with, Jordan said. Working single parent Taqueria Little fought to hold back tears as she was gifted an SUV. Little was carjacked at gunpoint on December 6 on her way home from work as she waited to pick up her kids. Two guys approached me and take me out of my car with no shoes on or anything, Little said. I had just cashed my paycheck. Everything was in there. I lost everything. ....
CHICAGO (WLS) As the number of carjackings in Chicago continue to rise, women are increasingly being targeted by criminals. When night falls, I m put in a predicament in my mind to feel afraid, said Angel Haralson, carjacking victim. Harlason is a rideshare driver, and was carjacked on New Year s Day by two men. She said in that moment, she thought she was going to die. They were quiet. No one was saying anything. I pulled over to let them out of the car, and I heard the gun click, she recalled. The gunmen yanked the 33-year-old West Sider out of the car before throwing her to the ground and making off with her RAV-4, Apple Watch and cell phone. Haralson is still bruised, and still frightened. ....
Women fear being targeted by Chicago carjackers CHICAGO (WLS) As the number of carjackings in Chicago continue to rise, women are increasingly being targeted by criminals. “When night falls, I’m put in a predicament in my mind to feel afraid,’ said Angel Haralson, carjacking victim. Harlason is a rideshare driver, and was carjacked on New Year’s Day by two men. She said in that moment, she thought she was going to die. “They were quiet. No one was saying anything. I pulled over to let them out of the car, and I heard the gun click,” she recalled. ....