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Home | Amber Alert
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http://eot.us.archive.org/eot/20161118021754/http://amber.ny.gov/ |
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http://amber.ny.gov/ |
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November 17, 2016 - November 18, 2016 |
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The AMBER Alert System began in 1996 when Dallas-Fort Worth broadcasters teamed up with local police to develop an early warning
system to help find abducted children. AMBER stands for America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response and was created as
a legacy to 9-year old Amber Hagerman, who was kidnapped while riding her bicycle in Arlington, Texas, and then brutally murdered.
Other states and communities soon instituted similar plans as the idea was adopted across the nation. The National Center
for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) and the U.S.
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