Post by V on Sept 6, 2010 21:16:06 GMT -5
I was just reading an article on Change.org about a trucker who noticed two girls going from truck-to-truck at a truck stop. Noticing that they were young and it was odd that they were going from truck-to-truck like that, this trucker decided to call 911. This call unleashed a firestorm of activity with what did, in fact, turn out to be a human trafficking ring. Because, that truck driver chose to call 911 that night, rather than just ignore it, those two girls were rescued, along with 7 other minors, 31 convictions were made, and a 13-state human trafficking ring is OUT of business.
It's just one ring, but it proves that a single phone call can make all the difference. If more people would do what this trucker did, we might actually have a REAL chance at combating this huge, terrible, atrocious problem that plagues the US and every other country that I can think off of hand.
Those girls will probably need years of counseling, but at least they are safe now. And they can begin the very long, very difficult journey to healing. The websites and organizations mentioned in this article are, if you ask me, important to know about and to look into. And, the video at the end of the article is also important to see.
humantrafficking.change.org/blog/view/truck_drivers_911_call_stops_trafficking
The trucker said he noticed the girls "appeared pretty young" and something was not right about how they looked going from truck to truck at the truck stop. That trucker knew enough about trafficking to recognize a potentially dangerous situation and responded in kind by calling 911. Because of that, not only were those two girls, ages 14 and 15, rescued, but eventually seven other minors were rescued, 31 convictions were made, and girls will no longer be trafficked across the boarders of 13 states by this particular trafficking ring. One phone call lead to all those victories. One phone call freed children from night after night of multiple rapes and violent abuse and helped them to get home.
It's just one ring, but it proves that a single phone call can make all the difference. If more people would do what this trucker did, we might actually have a REAL chance at combating this huge, terrible, atrocious problem that plagues the US and every other country that I can think off of hand.
Those girls will probably need years of counseling, but at least they are safe now. And they can begin the very long, very difficult journey to healing. The websites and organizations mentioned in this article are, if you ask me, important to know about and to look into. And, the video at the end of the article is also important to see.
humantrafficking.change.org/blog/view/truck_drivers_911_call_stops_trafficking