By: Chris Chase | November 5, 2015 9:38 am Follow @chaztopher
On Wednesday, we shared a story that Serena Williams had shared about chasing down a would-be phone thief while eating at a Chinese restaurant. This morning, Good Morning America got the video. And while I want to temper your expectations (security camera footage makes not for a riveting narrative) , take a moment to appreciate what's going down in this clip:
WATCH: ABC News Exclusive: @serenawilliams stops alleged thief who grabs her phone: https://t.co/TKpPyyWnrv pic.twitter.com/meCmdXm57O
— Good Morning America (@GMA) November 5, 2015
The video is a little tough to make out at first. Serena runs through the restaurant (we aren't shown the man leaving). Notice all the heads in the place go up to casually look at her. Being a celebrity must be so weird. Then you see Serena up close leaving the restaurant. When she gets outside, she sees the alleged culprit slowly walking away, incompetently trying to put his jacket on. Serena approaches, the two have a brief encounter, one in which Serena says she politely asked if he might have taken the wrong phone, despite knowing full well that this wasn't a mistake. The man quickly gives up the phone and Metropolis is saved for another day thanks to Super-Serena.
Pretty harrowing? Not really. But then you think about the hundreds of ways this could have gone poorly and you appreciate Serena's toughness in going after the phone and her successful retrieval that much more. I guess she had sized up the guy in the restaurant, realized she could take him if it came to that and pretty awesomely made him turn it over without so much as a protest.
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