A mugger in Brazil grabbed a woman's phone at a bus stop, turned it over to check its value, saw a man in military uniform staring back at him, and immediately handed it back and ran.
Natali Vitoria Ramos Reis, 21, was waiting at a bus stop in Curitiba after a night class when a man approached and snatched her phone.
He turned the device around, saw the photo on the back of the case, and returned it before fleeing immediately.
The photo was a photocard of Jin, the BTS member who had been serving mandatory military service in South Korea since December 2022. He was photographed in full uniform.
"When he managed to grab the cell phone from my hand, he turned the device around and looked at the picture," Natali told RIC TV.
"He must have thought my boyfriend was in the military because he didn't steal it."
At the time of the incident, Jin had already been recognised as an elite soldier and received an early promotion to corporal for excellence in training.
He was thousands of miles away in a South Korean barracks, completely unaware he had just foiled a robbery.
My girlfriend of 7 months asked me to put her name on the house I'm buying.
The house I'm paying 100% for.
I'm debt-free.
She has student loans, credit card debt, and a car loan at 22% interest.
I told her no.
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He reached over the fence anyway to pet him.
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Hospital bill: $5,200.
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He had to pay his own $5,200 bill + my $3,000 legal fees.
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The surgery left her with pain and medical complications, forcing her to take time off work.
When she returned weeks later, Debbie said she was treated badly by her boss and later fired for taking too long to recover.
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I WATCHED MY COWORKER CRY IN HIS CAR FOR 20 MINUTES, THEN WALKED BACK IN SMILING LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED. PEOPLE REALLY BE FIGHTING SILENT BATTLES EVERY DAY