Owen Burns, center, holds up the slingshot he used to fend off a boy who was attacking his sister earlier this month. Screenshot by NPR hide caption toggle caption Screenshot by NPR Law A Michigan boy describes using a slingshot to stop his sister's kidnapping May 15, 2023 Owen Burns, 13, sprung into action after another boy attacked his sister. He used his slingshot to shoot the suspect in the head and chest.
The Two-Way Truckers Line Up Under Bridge To Save Man Threatening Suicide April 24, 2018 Michigan State Police and local officials rounded up a group of 13 semitruck drivers to park below a freeway overpass to shorten the fall of a man trying to jump to his death.