Amber Alert

It must be terrible when your child doesn't come home for several hours without letting you know where he or she is. I can't even imagine how awful it must be when your child doesn't come home at all. What if your child is abducted?
When this happens there will be a lot of police searching and through the television the people will be informed. Now, there is a new kind of information system that is fast and has a great reach. It is called Amber Alert. This is a national warning system used in urgent child missings and abductions. The police are able to inform the whole country about the child missing through television, computer, websites, e-mails, mobile phones and radio. Everyone can choose to receive a message when a child is missing. Amber Alerts are only sent when the police fears for the life or health of the abducted child. When you're interested, look at this website: www.amberalertnederland.nl.

This kind of information system has started in the Unites States of America when a nine year old child, named Amber, was missing and has been killed in a horrible manner. The goal of Amber Alert is to alarm as many people as possible in a short period of time, in order to help the child. Time seems to be the biggest enemy in the case of child abduction, so a quick reaction is very important.

Last week, Milly Boele, age twelve, was missing. A week later she was found murdered in the garden of a neighbour. She was abducted and the same night she was murdered and buried in the garden of the neighbour. This was a shock to her parents and people living in the neighbourhood.

Unfortunately, Amber Alert couldn't save the life of Milly Boele, but I'm sure this kind of system will save the life of many future children missing. And that is important.