On Monday at 2 P.M., a call to 911 reported a possible abduction in progress in Ashburn, VA. Ashburn is one of the most affluent towns in Loudoun County, the wealthiest county in the country. The town sits 30 minutes outside Washington D.C. It has an average household income of $159,220. The medium home price is $748,857, with single-family homes selling for over $1 million. It is the home of CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, doctors, lawyers, and politicians.
Crime rates in the town are incredibly low, and most feel the area is very safe, so it came as a shock that a man named Joseph C. Daniel, 44, of Leesburg, VA, allegedly kidnapped an adult woman in board daylight in front of a Wells Fargo bank and threw her in a stolen black Hummer SUV.
According to law enforcement authorities, the unnamed woman was kidnapped in a human trafficking scheme. Luckily for the woman, a Loudoun County Sheriff’s Deputy was only seconds away when the call was placed.
When the deputy approached the SUV, the Hummer fled the scene with the woman cowering in the front seat. Other deputies joined the pursuit as Daniel sped through the town on the wrong side of the road, heading into oncoming traffic. The Loudoun Sheriff’s Department would pursue the getaway car toward Dulles Airport.
The black Hummer would speed onto the Dulles Toll Road towards Washington, D.C., attempting to escape from the law enforcement officers. Fairfax County and State Police would join in the pursuit. A police helicopter responded to the call. Daniel would then again try to escape police by exiting the highway and speeding through Reston, VA, another affluent area in Fairfax County. The Hummer drove into head-on traffic and drove on the shoulder of the road.
Daniel would lead police through Northern Virginia until he reached Vienna, VA, near Tyson’s Corner. Daniel would attempt to abandon the Hummer and carjack two other cars. Police were able to stop the man before he could escape again. The woman was found in the car with minor injuries from the kidnapping attempt.
Although police were able to stop the kidnapping, it was luck that a deputy was only seconds away. This situation shows that no matter where you are or how safe you think you are, bad things can happen at any minute. We cannot count on dumb luck to keep us safe. We must be our own first responders.
Human trafficking is not just something that happens in movies or to runaways. This incident shows the need to be prepared.
If a human trafficker can kidnap a woman in the middle of the day in a “safe” town, it can happen anywhere. This case also didn’t make national news. Ashburn is in the D.C. Metro area, and the chase ended minutes from D.C. If this case didn’t make national news, how many other human trafficking cases don’t crack the news cycle?
The best way for a woman or anyone else to protect themselves is to carry the great equalizer. That equalizer is a firearm. The average man can overpower the average woman. A firearm levels the playing field and gives a woman a fighting chance against an attacker.
Not only should everyone carry a firearm, but everyone should also get training to handle and use their gun. A firearm is many things to many different people, but first and foremost, a gun is a tool. It is a tool for self-defense. It is useless unless the gun owner knows how to use the firearm.
We shouldn’t carry a firearm just in case a human trafficker tries to kidnap us. Crime is up across the country. Robberies, murders, and carjacking are plaguing the country. The risk of terrorism is rising every day with the unrest in the Middle East. We must prepare to defend ourselves and our families.
As Dark Mavis from DLD After Dark says in every video, “The only thing that can stop evil is good men skilled in violence.”
As Americans, we need to take our own safety into our hands. When you have only seconds, the police are minutes away. The incident in Virginia shows us that safety is only an illusion. Get a gun, get training, and carry it every day.
About John Crump
If violent crime is to be curbed, it is only the INTENDED VICTIM who can do it. The felon does not fear the police, judge nor jury. Therefore, what he must be taught to fear is his intended victim. Lt Cooper
No one is coming to save you. Become something criminals fear to risk crossing, as you protect your self and those you love.
A firearm is a very great defensive tool.
But other weapons can not be forgotten either.
A bladed weapon used properly has a way of changing a criminals mine also.
Being armed and the training and willingness to use any weapon on hand is far more important then the type.
I agree, always be ready to fight and never give up. Today’s world is very dangerous and even our children should be trained to not give you when attacked and you NEVER follow meekly.
“Gibbs rule” #9
Yup, I still remember when some meat head tried to kidnap my grade school daughter not 50′ away from my front fence. I was watching her walk to the bus stop and I was armed. I made it VERY apparent what was about to happen to the bad guy. He was facing me so he absolutely knew what was about to happen. Strange that I have not seen him or his truck ever again. It’s a big desert out here in rural Az. Every sound minded, able bodied man and woman should be armed. That alone will stop a lot… Read more »
I read last month somewhere that the law enforcement, I don’t remember what agency, busted a terroristic training center in Arizona. I thought at the time that was not a very bright set of terrorist wannabes.
Who in their right mind would try and set up in Arizona? Especially when there’s California, Oregon and my pathetic state, Washington for their use. Hell, we’ve already had a camp set up by the predecessors of antifa back in the late ‘90’s to train the degenerates for the World Trade Organization riots.
Bob I live here in Az. and have not heard mention of that. Call you explain about the terrorist training camp in Az?
Arm up and carry on
I looked to see where I saw that posted, couldn’t find the article. It probably was an aggregate site I visit where articles get posted. I remember seeing the headline and a sentence or two of the excerpt. It seemed less than credible, for some reason Alex Jones comes to mind.
I’m positive there are groups out there, but….when we hear about one, it’s going to be big news, IMHO.
Several years ago my wife and I were getting out of my Pickup at a local box store. I had dropped my keys on the floorboard and bent over to pick them up. In that short time, a slimy, greasy hoodrat appeared out of nowhere (hiding behind a van nearby) and tried to rapidly approach my wife. Before I could straighten up completely and draw, my wife had her Lady Smith .357 out of her handbag and was pointing it at that dirtbag’s face. His box cutter was visible in his hand – I drew my .45 and we both… Read more »
I have been trained in the art of killing and as retired I have always been aware of my surroundings. I am now disabled and home bound but I always have a firearm within reach.
Ideally, a perpetrator should meet the same resistance as one would meet robbing a cop bar.
A perp at ambient temperature is an unemployed perp. Or, put another way, sudden lead poisoning should be a criminal\s biggest fear.
“We must be our own first responders”
Yes.
HLB