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A plucky teller foiled a robbery attempt at Key Bank in Seattle. But the story does not end happily. When a small man in a beanie cap, dark clothing, and sunglasses pushed a backpack across the counter and announced, "This is a ransom. Fill the bag with money," teller Jim Nicholson ignored his training and "instinct took over." He lunged across the counter and attempted to grab the thief by the throat or at least to pull his glasses off. The nonplussed would-be robber bolted for the door with Nicholson on his heels. A couple of blocks away, with the...
No Individual Initiative Please! We're Americans
They weren't in North Korea I bet. North Korea has the nasty habit of kidnapping people and bringing thema cross the border--they'd kidnapped Japanese women off the beaches of western Japan, kidnapped South Koreans, including the director that was a favorite of Kim Jung-Il.
Not sure if they were in Liaoning or Jilin when they were said to have strayed into the DPRK, but many places along the border between Jilin/Liaoning and the DPRK is unmarked and the area is rugged and it would be very easy to stray into the DPRK and you not knowing it. And just as easy for...