A mother, father, and his four-year-old son were at a Miami Beach CVS when the pair experienced something no parent or child should ever have to experience.
As WPLG reports, while shopping at the store, a random man snuck up on the four-year-old child and his parents and attempted to kidnap the young boy by grabbing him by the neck and trying to flee the store.
Thankfully, the father acted quickly, confronting the would-be kidnapper while the mom got their child away from the man and to safety.
The terrifying scene was caught on video:
According to a police report, “the child was left visibly shaking and would not let go of his mother’s grasp,” The New York Post reports.
The suspected kidnapper has since been identified as Nicolas Sternaman. He was charged with kidnapping a child under 13, aggravated assault, and battery, according to The Post.
This is the second time Sternaman had been arrested this year. In January, he was detained on a petty theft charge.