Girl, seven, saves four-year-old cousin by fighting off attacker with her BARE HANDS

Brave girl: When an alleged abductor grabbed her cousin's arm, A-nari Taylor sprang into action, punching and kicking him

Seven-year-old A-nari Taylor fought off a man at least twice her size with her bare hands to prevent her four-year-old cousin Brandon from being kidnapped in Miami.


David Moore, 39, approached the children while they were playing outside. According to police, Moore said: 'God told me to take him, God told me he’s coming with me.'

'The man started pulling him, and we started pulling him back and I had to chop and kick him so he could let Brandon go,' said Taylor.

'Cause my mama always said safety is first,' she added.


Taylor was honored by Miami police on Tuesday for being one of the city's youngest crime fighters. Police gave her a plaque and a SpongeBob SquarePants jacket.

Moore eventually gave up and left the kids alone. With Taylor’s help, police later arrested him for the incident which occured on 27 July and charged him with attempted kidnapping and false imprisonment.

'I’m very, very proud of her and she knows that I love her,' Taylor’s mother, Tanya Dingle, told NBC Miami. 'What she did was very brave.'

David Moore, the alleged abductor, grabbed cousin Brandon’s arm, but A-nari Taylor sprang into action, punching and kicking him.

'God told me to take him': David Moore approached the children while they were playing outside

Dingle says her daughter might take up martial arts.

'She always said she wanted to get into karate, so this is the beginning,' she said.