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14th November 2018
12:45pm GMT

An unknown man drove up to the girl and said that her brother was involved in a serious incident and he was there to pick her up. When she asked him what the code word was and he didn't know, the man drove off. Brenda James told the publication that:EXCLUSIVE: 10-year-old girl who used family "code word" to thwart potential kidnapping speaks out. https://t.co/SjBC8McOqb pic.twitter.com/1CIPuwlsic
— ABC News (@ABC) November 14, 2018
"They know who can pick them up and who can't. But there's always that special situation where there might be somebody they don't know or don't know well so that's why we came up with a code word."The clever plan is being praised by police departments who are encouraging other parents to do the same. It's not about scaring children, it's just about being prepared.
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