A quick-thinking California woman foiled would-be robbers by faking a seizure in a move she learned from the TV show Law and Order. Source: CBS SF Bay Area
A quick-thinking California woman foiled would-be robbers by faking a seizure in a move she learned from the TV show Law and Order.
Julie Dragland, 32, of Oakland, was riding a Dublin-bound Bart train from Daly City at 4.50pm on Saturday when a threatening note was dropped in her lap.
"There are 2 guns pointed at you now," the frightening note read. "If you want to live hand back your wallet + phone NOW + do not turn around and be discreet(sic). Do not turn around until after you have left civic center + you will live."
Dragland, a PR Specialist at Sega, started "freaking out" and desperately tried mouthing the words "help me" at a nearby passenger.
Unfortunately for the victim, that man completely failed to notice her pleas for help and got off the train.
It was then she remembered an episode from one of her favourite shows, Law and Order, where a victim escaped a mugging by faking a seizure, the MailOnline reported.
Dragland, a PR Specialist at SEGA, started 'freaking out' and desperately tried mouthing the words 'help me' at a nearby passenger. Photo / Twitter
"I probably looked very ridiculous," she told the San Francisco Chronicle. "I slumped sideways and started shaking and crying. I closed my eyes and increased the vigour so people would pay attention.
"I think [the idea] had something to do with watching a lot of Law & Order. I think I saw that in an episode. I was very impressed with myself."
