Amber Hagerman Arlington PoliceOn Saturday, January 13, 1996, nine-year-old Amber Hagerman and her five-year-old brother Ricky went with their mother Donna Whitson to Arlington, Texas, to see their grandparents. The kids' grandparents kept bicycles at the house so the two could go for a bike ride whenever they came over. In November 1998, on the third attempt, authorities sent out an Amber Alert notifying the public of the disappearance of eight-week-old Rae-Leigh Bradbury. Since its inception, the AMBER (America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response) Alert has been responsible for the safe return of thousands of children. The passing of Amber Hagerman galvanized a community and created a system organizers hoped would save other children's lives.

Source: Fox News May 14, 2022 00:28 UTC