Thursday, July 06, 2006

Operator, 911 or Amber Alert?

After a terrifying ordeal came to a happy conclusion, a Baton Rouge family is questioning whether Louisiana's Amber Alert System is always used effectively.

Apparently, the father dropped off the child’s mother at the mall and was not heard from again. The family was concerned because the father was diabetic man who missed insulin shots and the missing child was a 3-year-old.

Evidently the father and son had been driving to Greensburg when a faulty fuel pump, running out of gas and being unable to remember any phone numbers caused their 24-hour delay.

Why didn’t the father dial an O for the operator and ask for assistance or even dial 911?

Alert not used in missing child case
By: Jeremy Bridges
2theadvocate.com staff writer
Published: Jul 5, 2006

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