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START OF SAFE PASSAGE, THAT'S
RAISED SERIOUS DOUBTS.
GEORGE HOWELL HAS MORE ON THE
STORY.
>> Reporter: A 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL
WAS JUST ON HER WAY TO SCHOOL
WHEN SOMEONE ATTACKED HER.
POLICE BELIEVE A MAN HIT HER ON
THE HEAD AND DRAGGED HER BETWEEN
THESE TWO HOMES WHERE SHE WAS
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED AND LEFT
LYING IN THE SNOW FOR HOURS.
UNTIL THE MAN WHO LIVES HERE
FOUND HER.
>> JUST OPENING UP THE DOOR TO
TAKE MAYBE A MORNING SWEEP OF
THE SIDEWALKS AND FIND SOMETHING
LIKE THAT IS SHOCKING.
>> Reporter: HE FOUND THE YOUNG
VICTIM BLOODIED AND HALF NAKED
ON THE SIDEWALK.
THE SNOW HERE STILL STAIN BY
WHAT THAT TUESDAY.
A CHILLY REMINDER OF HOW
DANGEROUS THESE STREETS CAN BE
TO PARENTS LIKE ADA.
>> EVERYBODY IS WORRIED.
BECAUSE, NO.
IN THE MORNING YOU NEVER SEE
POLICE WALKING AROUND AND STUFF
LIKE THAT.
>> Reporter: TODAY YOU SEE THEM
ALL OVER.
>> BECAUSE SOMETHING HAPPENED.
BUT IT SHOULD BE THAT WAY.
>> Reporter: THE ATTACK HAPPENED
NOT EVEN HALF A BLOCK AWAY FROM
A SO-CALLED SAFE PASSAGE ROUTE.
A PROGRAM ESTABLISHED WITH MUCH
PUBLICITY BY THE CHICAGO PUBLIC
SCHOOL TO PUT MEN AND WOMEN ON
PATROL.
HELPING CHILDREN GET TO AND FROM
SCHOOL SAFELY.
THE NUMBER OF SAFE PASSAGE
ROUTES DOUBLE THIS YEAR TO
ACCOMMODATE MORE CHILDREN.
IS IT WORKING?
>> I THINK IT WORKS.
IT JUST NEEDS A LITTLE MORE
SECURITY ON IT.
>> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
>> LIKE OKAY.
YOU CAN PATROL IT RIGHT NOW.
BUT LATER ON, LIKE IN A FEW
WEEKS, THEY'LL FORGET ABOUT IT.
AND THEY WON'T BE AROUND
ANYMORE.
>> Reporter: POLICE SAY THE
ATTACK HAPPENED AROUND 6:00 A.M.
WHEN IT IS STILL DARK THIS TIME
OF YEAR IN CHICAGO AND WAS 30
MINUTES BEFORE THE SAFE PASSAGE
ROUTE WAS PATROLLED.
STILL, ALDERMAN SAYS IT HAS
RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT SAFETY.
>> WE CAN'T SAY IT WAS A RESULT
OF A PROBLEM WITH SAFE PASSAGE.
BUT WE KNOW THAT IT IS NOT
SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.
>> Reporter: POLICE ARE STILL
SEARCHING FOR THE SUSPECT.
THE TEENAGE GIRL HE ATTACKED IS
STILL IN THE HOSPITAL IN
CRITICAL CONDITION.