{"id":507,"date":"2024-12-21T20:36:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-21T20:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=507"},"modified":"2024-12-21T20:36:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T20:36:00","slug":"her-life-was-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/?p=507","title":{"rendered":"Her life was on the line, and she did the one thing that could save her: She ordered pizza."},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>A woman in Florida got help out of a dangerous situation from an unlikely source: Pizza Hut.<\/h3>\n<p>WFLA\u00a0reported the story of Cheryl Treadway, a woman who escaped a hostage situation with the help of her cell phone and a local Pizza Hut.<\/p><div class=\"pqloa69f60f6b96d8c\" ><div style=\"width:100%; max-width:1200px; margin:0 auto;\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/bolt-casino.com?r=0BFDBF1283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n    <img \n      src=\"https:\/\/news-vm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/f8693ebb-2018-480f-a2f7-0096810c07f0.jpg\" \n      alt=\"200% Deposit Bonus + 10% Cashback\" \n      style=\"width:100%; height:auto; display:block; border-radius:8px; cursor:pointer;\"\n    \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 1201px) {\r\n.pqloa69f60f6b96d8c {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 993px) and (max-width: 1200px) {\r\n.pqloa69f60f6b96d8c {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 769px) and (max-width: 992px) {\r\n.pqloa69f60f6b96d8c {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n.pqloa69f60f6b96d8c {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {\r\n.pqloa69f60f6b96d8c {\r\ndisplay: block;\r\n}\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<p>On May 4, 2015, Cheryl Treadway of Highlands County, Florida, placed an order on her phone\u2019s Pizza Hut app \u2014 a small hand-tossed pizza with pepperoni. Oh yeah, it also came with a note telling store owners that she was being held hostage and asking them to please send help.<\/p>\n<p>Treadway and her children were being held at knifepoint by her boyfriend Ethan Nickerson. 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According to the\u00a0National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, 1 in 3 women (and 1 in 4 men) have been the victim of physical violence at the hands of a current or former intimate partner.<\/p>\n<h3>Treadway\u2019s story brings to mind a chilling anti-domestic violence PSA that ran during this year\u2019s Super Bowl.<\/h3>\n<p>The PSA features a woman on the phone with police, but acting as though she\u2019s ordering a pizza.<\/p>\n<p>And, while No More \u2014 the organization behind that Super Bowl PSA \u2014\u00a0isn\u2019t exactly everything it claims to be, the message in the PSA is no less valid.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<p>The scenario in the PSA played out in real life and was shared\u00a0on reddit\u00a0by the\u00a0911 operator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A woman in Florida got help out of a dangerous situation from an unlikely source: Pizza Hut. 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