Kidnapped girl chews herself free

A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD girl escaped kidnappers in Philadelphia by chewing through the tape binding her arms and legs, smashing a window and calling children playing nearby to help her, police said.

One of the children rode his bike from the abandoned building where Erica Pratt was being held to alert officers, Lieutenant Michael Chitwood said.

The girl had been grabbed, kicking and screaming, from in front of her home the evening before.