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.
