Jeffrey Fang’s vehicle was stolen with his little children inside, but the ending was happy
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Last weekend, Jeffrey Fang and his wife experienced the most anguished hours of their lives, after the vehicle of the man who works as DoorDash driver was stolen. Two young children of the couple were inside.
“I was trying to not break or think about the worst things that could happen . My mind was in different settings. The hours felt like years, ”Mr. Fang told The New York Times, recounting the incident that occurred last Saturday night and Sunday morning at San Francisco.
“PLEASE DON’T HURT MY KIDS”: Sean & Winnifred Fang are 4 & almost 2 . Their dad says they were kidnapped when a man stole his van while delivering food in Pacific Heights in # SanFrancisco on Saturday night. # AmberAlert https://t.co/BmMZX9djOf pic.twitter.com/1VePPH1mZj
– ABC7 News (@ abc7newsbayarea ) February 7, 2021
The dealer of DoorDash by 45 year-old was making a delivery in the suburb of Pacific Heights. He was taking his 4-year-old daughter Winnifred and his 2-year-old son Sean in his minivan, who only speak Mandarin.
After making their delivery around 8 : 80 pm, Fang found a man in the driver’s seat of his vehicle, with whom he struggled. The subject managed to take his cell phone from him and ran to another car where his accomplice was waiting for him . Fang caught up with them and managed to get his phone back, but when he returned to his Honda Odyssey on Jackson Street, it was gone.
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From that moment, Mr. Fang received the support of the authorities and also of friends, including a communicator, to search the car with his children. Four hours later the vehicle was found on the other side of town with the children safe .
Here’s something I wrote about them at the beginning of the pandemic: https://t.co/6Ggkrjgc6L
– Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez (@ FitzTheReporter) February 7, 2021
The Pleasantly surprised is that a GoFundMe page created to help Fang family began to receive donations in large quantities. Until the night of 13 February total was around $ 150, 02 Dollars.
Tony Xu, founder of DoorDash, expressed his relief, in addition to the fact that the company reportedly gave financial aid to the man from China.
Thank you @ SFPD and all involved who helped ensure these children were found safely. As a father myself, I can only imagine how terrifying this incident was for Mr. Fang and his family. We’ve offered our full support to him and urge anyone with further information to call 911.
– Tony Xu (@t_xu) February 7, 2021
The episode had a happy ending, but rekindled criticism for app tech companies including Uber and Lyft when the guy was revealed of financial difficulties faced by many of their drivers and that sometimes they force people like Jeffrey Fang to work with their children.
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