Cop denies heroism in kidnap rescue

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A modest cop who rescued a terrified young woman from the clutches of a knife-wielding kidnapper and then chased down the attacker yesterday insisted: “I’m no hero.”

Boston police officer Peter Giannopoulos darted into action when he saw the 22-year-old victim screaming for help as she was dragged at knifepoint on Cambridge Street in Allston at about 3 a.m. yesterday.

The suspect saw the police cruiser and bolted. But determined Giannopoulos gave chase over fences, trash cans and through yards before using his radio to guide fellow cops to arrest the suspect on railroad tracks near the Mass Pike.

“I was just doing my job. Anyone would have done the same thing,” said Giannopoulos, 26, when asked whether he considered his rescue effort heroic.

But Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said: “There is no telling what could have happened to this young woman had police not spotted her in time.”

Suspect Bruce L. Saidi, 24, denied charges of kidnapping, armed robbery and trespassing at Brighton District Court yesterday.

Another man, believed to be an accomplice, took the kidnapped woman’s bike but was not caught by police.