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George Zimmerman Emerged From Hiding for Truck Crash Rescue (ABC News) View Photo George Zimmerman Emerged From Hiding ... George Zimmerman, who has been in hiding since he was acquitted of murder in the death of Trayvon Martin, emerged to help rescue a family who was trapped in an overturned vehicle, police said today. Zimmerman was one of two men who came to the aid of a family of four -- two parents and two children -- trapped inside a blue Ford Explorer SUV that had rolled over after traveling off the highway in Sanford, Fla. at approximately 5:45 pm Thursday, the Seminole County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. The crash occurred at the intersection of I-4 and route Route 46, police said. The crash site is less than a mile from where Zimmerman shot Martin. By the time police arrived, two people - including Zimmerman - had already helped the family get out of the overturned car, the sheriff's office said. Zimmerman was not a witness to the crash and left after speaking with the deputy, police said. It's the first known sighting of Zimmerman since he left the courtroom following his acquittal last week on murder charges for the death of Martin. The jury determined that Zimmerman shot Martin in self-defense.
READ MORE: 'Justice for Trayvon' Rallies Bring Martin's Family to the Fight The acquittal prompted dozens of protests across the country this past weekend and his lawyers have said that Zimmerman has been the subject of death threats. His lawyers said Zimmerman has been wearing a bullet-proof vest when he ventures out in public. Zimmerman's parents told ABC News' Barbara Walters they too have received death threats and have been unable to return to their home.
Zimmerman's Parents in Hiding from 'Enormous Amount of Death Threats': ABC News Exclusive "We have had an enormous amount of death threats. "'Everyone with Georgie's DNA should be killed' -- just every kind of horrible thing you can imagine." An indication of the animosity toward Zimmerman is the number of threatening phone calls being received by a woman in Winter Park, Fla. com that someone had incorrectly posted her cell phone number online thinking it was Zimmerman's. She said she started receiving threatening calls within an hour after the jury had reached a verdict on July 13. We're going to get you, we're going to kill you,'" she said. Her cell phone number is only one digit off from Zimmerman's, she said. Tankel said she received at least 80 phone calls within one day of the jury's not guilty verdict. While the threats died down during the week, she said they ramped right back up again on Friday and continued through the weekend. "I think at that point, they kind of knew it wasn't George Zimmerman's number, but they were still going to harass me." But Tankel she said she won't be changing her number anytime soon. "I'm a sales representative for several different horse-related companies, and I have five states in my territory," she said. "To change business cards and contact everybody, it's not that simple."
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