NEW VIDEO: When a man snatched a 5-year-old boy off a Queens sidewalk, his brave mom jumped into act

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RICHMOND HILL, Queens — Police on Friday released shocking video of a quick-thinking mother jumping into action to pull her 5-year-old son out of a car window after a man snatched him off a Queens street Thursday night, officials said.

According to the NYPD, it happened around 8 p.m. in Richmond Hill, near the corner of Hillside and Myrtle avenues.

Surveillance footage shows one man hop out of a maroon car, grab the child and quickly put the boy in the back seat of the vehicle. All the while, a second man sat in the front passenger seat of the car.

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When the unidentified man got back in the driver’s seat, the boy’s mother, 45, rushed to the passenger side of the car and was able to pull her son to safety through the front passenger window, authorities said.

Two other children who were with the mother and son can be seen in the video bravely rushing to the car to help save the boy. It was not immediately clear if they are related to the victim.

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[Haggard Celine]

1. Hope they catch him soon.

[11 Bravo]

12. I hope he resists arrest when they do.

[Wingus Dingus]

2. Weird how this perpetrator is shown walking in and out of stores like a normal,

clean-cut guy--you would never notice him until he became a predator.

[SheltieLover]

3. Good for her!

[rockfordfile]

4. It's time for the Police to do their job.

Stop plunking down donuts.

[jimfields33]

11. No. I think they'd make it worse especially if they intervened at the

time of the incident.

[Thomas Hurt]

5. This scumbag came close to those three guys kicking his ass....shame it was just "close"

[Hortensis]

6. "Brave" mother nothing. Mother being a mother period.

They were all wonderful.

[Duppers]

15. Absolutely!

[brush]

7. Looks like the mother saved her child from a kidnapping.

I wonder if there's more to the story, like a former relationship, a family tie somehow.

[malaise]

9. Had the same thought n/t

[Ace Rothstein]

8. That is some crazy shit.

She probably saved her kid's life.

[Disaffected]

10. Was the perp related to the boy?

Or maybe someone related to the father?

[JudyM]

19. Story implies the police don't know the identity of the guy(s), FWIW.

[Disaffected]

20. Yeah,

that was my impression too. If they were related, I would expect the mother would have identified him right away and such would likely been reported.

[Quakerfriend]

13. The second guy is definitely involved.

Did he pay the perp to snatch a kid for him ?.

[ck4829]

14. Two guys. Look in the passenger side, there is someone there.

Probably the same guy walking with him at 30 seconds in.

[wryter2000]

16. I hope someone got his license plate

There were people in the street who almost looked as if they'd run after his car.

[aggiesal]

17. Hopefully this exposes a human trafficking ring! ...

Brave mom!

[SpankMe]

18. Too few details to judge

But this looks more like crime relating to a custody dispute than a trafficking thing. At least, I hope it is. If it's an attempt to capture a victim for some sort of trafficking, that's too much for me to bear.