Saturday, November 17, 2007

Hero girl who fended off attacker safe


The brave little girl who fought off an attempted abduction in Brooklyn was hailed as a hero in her neighborhood Thursday while she tried to help cops find her attacker.

Rinna Mackely, 9, bit the hand of a sicko who tried to snatch her Wednesday afternoon just steps from her Bushwick home, allowing the third-grader to run to safety.

"Of course I'm really proud of her," her brother, Algelis Sanchez, 17, said Thursday.

"She's a regular little girl," he said. "She's smart and she did what she had to do." Read More. BY OREN YANIV and JONATHAN LEMIRE DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS

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