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rosie01: 1 year ago

Why do they call it amber alert?

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MrsRinnyDepp: 1 year ago

The AMBER Plan was created in 1996 as a powerful legacy to 9 year-old Amber Hagerman, a bright little girl who was kidnapped and brutally murdered while riding her bicycle in Arlington, Texas.

http://www.codeamber.org/about.php

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soccergirl456: 1 year ago

True that!

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artw7: 1 year ago via iPhone

AMBER Alert or a Child Abduction Emergency (SAME code: CAE) is a child abduction alert bulletin in several countries throughout the world, issued upon the suspected abduction of a child, since 1996. AMBER is officially a backronym for "America's Missing: Broadcasting Emergency Response" but was originally named for Amber Hagerman, a 9-year-old child who was abducted and murdered in Arlington, Texas in 1996.