An attempted kidnapping was foiled in Salt Lake City, UT, when 7-year old Shelby Flanders asked the man who said he was to pick her up for the "family password".
Here is part of the story (also seen on Good Morning America):
The Family Code
Girl Foils Alleged Kidnapping Attempt with a Family Secret
S A L T L A K E C I T Y, UTAH, April 13 Seven-year-old Shelby Flanders was walking home from elementary school when a stranger in a red car approached her with a frightening story about her mother.
The man, according to the Salt Lake County Sheriff's department, told Shelby that her mom had been in a car accident and that he was sent to pick her up. But Shelby didn't buckle under the pressure.
Shelby said on ABCNEWS' Good Morning America that when she refused his offer of candy, the man said her mom had been in an accident. When she asked him the code word, he didn't answer, "so I said 'no' and I ran," she said.
Shelby ran off toward some school friends who had been walking ahead, and the man quickly pulled a U-turn and sped away.
"If we don't have a code word when anybody comes up to us, we won't go with them," said Shelby.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA/US/Code_word_kidnap_attempt_040413-1.html
Do YOUR kids have a family code word? If not, DO THIS NOW!! It could save their lives!!!
Here is part of the story (also seen on Good Morning America):
The Family Code
Girl Foils Alleged Kidnapping Attempt with a Family Secret
S A L T L A K E C I T Y, UTAH, April 13 Seven-year-old Shelby Flanders was walking home from elementary school when a stranger in a red car approached her with a frightening story about her mother.
The man, according to the Salt Lake County Sheriff's department, told Shelby that her mom had been in a car accident and that he was sent to pick her up. But Shelby didn't buckle under the pressure.
Shelby said on ABCNEWS' Good Morning America that when she refused his offer of candy, the man said her mom had been in an accident. When she asked him the code word, he didn't answer, "so I said 'no' and I ran," she said.
Shelby ran off toward some school friends who had been walking ahead, and the man quickly pulled a U-turn and sped away.
"If we don't have a code word when anybody comes up to us, we won't go with them," said Shelby.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA/US/Code_word_kidnap_attempt_040413-1.html
Do YOUR kids have a family code word? If not, DO THIS NOW!! It could save their lives!!!