Quick-thinking pizza man leads Tennessee police to rape victim

Saturday, May 30, 2009

GATLINBURG, Tenn. -- Chris Turner normally wouldn't drive 30 miles into the remote Tennessee mountains just to deliver a pizza. The one time he did, he came upon a scene that drained the color from his face and made him "numb from head to toe" -- a woman with her hands tied, silently begging him to call 911.

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