Florida authorities have praised the courage of a 12-year-old girl who played dead while her suicidal father stabbed her and her younger sister early Thursday.
The girl then waited until her father, Juan Bravo-Torres, slashed his own wrists before running to a McDonald’s where her mother worked to report the tragedy.
“The amount of courage this 12-year-old young lady had is just remarkable,” Longworth Police Sgt. Derek Chenoweth said.
“Seeing your sister in the condition she was in, fighting off her father, she thought the best thing to do was play dead, and it worked.”
The girl remains hospitalized in critical condition while her 3-year-old sister succumbed to her injuries.
“Grown adults may not have been able to come to that decision. And she is alive today because of the decisions she made.”
The 39-year-old father is listed in critical condition. He faces first-degree premeditated murder and attempted murder charges.
