, the 86-year-old leader of Columbia Sportswear, thwarted an armed robbery attempt at her home by setting off a silent alarm. After the robber held her up at gunpoint outside and then led her inside, she told him she had to turn off her alarm. Instead, she tripped a silent panic button. Police showed up and caught the man.
You can read the full , but all you really need to know is what she said to the policeman who came to brief her on the investigation.
“He mistakenly wore a North Face jacket, and he asked her how she was doing,” Sergeant Neil Hennelly told the AP. “She said she was doing fine until that jacket walked through the door.”
-Joe Spring