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U.S. Paralympian Jen Lee says a man broke into his car and stole his three gold medals — and he caught it all on tape!
The 35-year-old sled hockey athlete shared footage of the alleged robbery on bothTwitterandInstagramSaturday and asked the public for help in finding the suspect and his medals.
Lee claimed the break-in occurred around 7:15 p.m. on Saturday at The Rim parking garage in San Antonio, Texas.
“First time for everything, got my car broken into, and all my Paralympic gold medals [were] stolen. Not 1, not two, but🥇🥇🥇🥺😭💔,” Lee captioned his Instagram post, in part.
In the clip, a man wearing all-black attire briefly looks around the garage before grabbing a tool to break into Lee’s vehicle. At one point, the suspect uses his right shoulder to get inside and grabs a blue backpack before sprinting away.
The male suspect appeared to be wearing a black Levi’s shirt, black shorts with the acronym “CAC” on the bottom left pantleg, black shoes, and a gray flat brim hat. The man also appeared to have tattoos on his neck.
“Just want to share this as I’m seeking for help and see how I can get my gold medals back 🙏🏽,” Lee said in his Instagram caption.
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Lee recently met with members of the San Antonio Basketball Association’s Warhawks program and showed them his medals while talking with the participating young men “about the importance of being a GREAT teammate” and showing them “that hard work does pay off,“according to a March 30 tweetfrom the association.
Now, Lee is hoping the public can help get his beloved gold medals back in his possession.
“Asking for help getting them back n getting the word out in any way possible 🙏🏽,” he wrote on Twitter.
source: people.com
