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Family of black belts stops attempted sex assault next door, police say
Simon An, a 20-year-old college student, was mindlessly scrolling social media inside his family’s Texas taekwondo school on Tuesday afternoon when he heard an unsettling scream. His father, Han An — a 59-year-old eighth-degree black belt who once served in the South Korean military — immediately sprung to action.“My dad led the charge, and then my sister was just right behind him,” Simon said.
Within seconds, Simon’s father burst into a mobile phone store next door, where he said he saw a young man on top of a female, one hand over her mouth and the other touching her inappropriately.
From there, the scene unfolded quickly: Simon said his father grabbed the man’s shirt, but the man managed to take the shirt off. Han then grabbed the man’s pants, keeping one arm straight and stable while using the other to block any attacks. He was able to pin him down.
Although he used his taekwondo skills to help stop the attack, he said he hopes the public knows they can always intervene.
“If a regular person were to see something like that, I would hope for them to go and help,” he said. “Just help the person in need.”
