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High school girl thwarts bicycle robbers.(The Goodness Of America)

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Late last year, Alise Aurigemma, a 16year-old high school junior from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, missed her ride home from school and decided to walk to the nearby home of a friend. While walking along, she saw two boys she recognized from Fort Lauderdale High approach a younger boy named Patrick McAvoy and demand his bike.

The injustice of it bothered Alise, who knew young Patrick, and she immediately stepped in to thwart the theft.

Alise related the story to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel: "You ain't taking his bike," she told the two bullies. "You just can't do that. Look at him. He's scared. What are you trying to do?"

While Alise argued with the bullies, 14-year-old Patrick, who had previously had one bicycle stolen, decided to ride his bike to safety. One bully started walking away, but his companion inexplicably started laughing. Alise asked the boy why he was laughing and, in ...

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