Store owner saved by 13-year-old son after being attacked by 'crazy' man

5years ago

San Francisco news, California news.

A San Francisco teen has reportedly saved the life of his father who was being attacked by a stranger as he broke into the family store.

The incident occurred earlier this week when a man entered the XOX Truffles and started acting "crazy". The owner, Jean-Marc Gorce, tried to kick him out but the man grabbed him and caught him in a chokehold: "Very quickly I was running out of oxygen and crying for help," the father said.

That's when 13-year-old Sebastian Gorce decided to grab a baseball bat and ran to help his father: "My immediate instinct was to grab the bat and go outside and either hit this guy or make him go away," the teen told news outlets.

The attacker escaped but returned hours later only to be arrested by police. He was identified as 51-year-old Paul Anghilante.