Today is National AMBER Alert Awareness Day. AMBER stands for "America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response," a program created in honor of Amber Hagerman who on this day in 1996 was abducted while riding her bicycle and murdered. The nationwide alert system provides emergency broadcast messages to the public when law enforcement determines that a child has been abducted. It shares information about the child and the abductor, including physical descriptions and vehicle information to help lead to the child's recovery. More than 550 children have been recovered as a result of the AMBER Alert network since it was established in 2003 thanks to the partnership between law enforcement, news media and alert citizens.
View this video to help demonstrate to children how to react to ad abduction attempt - and to help train your instincts to respond to a child in need.
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