A Tennessee woman was kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend - but managed to be rescued by police after making a secret signal, which women who are in a public place do when they are in danger from their escort and cannot react.
It was a gesture that went viral through Tiktok.
The timeline of the scare and the gesture
The Hickman County woman was visiting her brother on Sunday when her ex-boyfriend, Jonathon Smith, 31, showed up and got into his vehicle, NYP reports.
The two former partners began arguing, Lt. Mike Dodo of the county sheriff's office told the newspaper.
The woman "then asked him to let her go and he said no.
The man then threatened to kill her by grabbing a screwdriver and telling her if he couldn't have her, no one could have her.
[/P]At approximately 1 p.m. they arrived at a gas station and the girl then made the signal with her hand, pointing her palm with her thumb bent and her four fingers closed over it, to the cashier who realized something was going on and so alerted the authorities.
Source: in.gr
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