A 16-year-old Michigan girl is safe after being kidnapped on her way to school, thanks to an attentive store clerk who recognized her cry for help.. Police in Hamtramck said that the young victim was walking to the bus stop on the morning of Monday, April 13, when at around 7 a.m., a man she does not know pulled up alongside her. He brandished a gun and instructed the teen to get into his car, police said.