A teenager who went missing in the US has been found after she used hand signals that went viral on TikTok to show she was in danger.

The girl had been reported missing by her parents in North Carolina on Tuesday morning and was spotted inside a car in Kentucky two days later.

The 16-year-old used the gesture designed to help domestic abuse victims ask for help to alert a passing driver.

Authorities say they arrested a 61-year-old man.

A driver called police after noticing "a female passenger in the vehicle making hand gestures that are known on the social media platform TikTok to represent violence at home - I need help - domestic violence," the Laurel County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.



The hand gesture is a one-handed sign someone can use when in distress, according to the Canadian Women's Foundation.

The victim holds up their hand with their palm facing out, then tucks their thumb into their hand before closing their fingers on top of the thumb.

The campaign called the "signal for help", spread across social media in 2020 during the initial pandemic lockdowns, in an attempt to address a rise in domestic violence.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFLZEQFIm7k&t=17s

The idea was a way for domestic abuse victims to seek help using a non-verbal cue.

Videos demonstrating the signs also gained momentum in the UK in the aftermath of the murder of Sarah Everard, which sparked a debate over women's safety.

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Great

Meaning

zolajpower:
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Read Na.

How I wish this will make front page in near future.


Not sex sex and more snake.

g7conet:
A teenager who went missing in the US has been found after she used hand signals that went viral on TikTok to show she was in danger.

The girl had been reported missing by her parents in North Carolina on Tuesday morning and was spotted inside a car in Kentucky two days later.

The 16-year-old used the gesture designed to help domestic abuse victims ask for help to alert a passing driver.

Authorities say they arrested a 61-year-old man.

A driver called police after noticing "a female passenger in the vehicle making hand gestures that are known on the social media platform TikTok to represent violence at home - I need help - domestic violence," the Laurel County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.



The hand gesture is a one-handed sign someone can use when in distress, according to the Canadian Women's Foundation.

The victim holds up their hand with their palm facing out, then tucks their thumb into their hand before closing their fingers on top of the thumb.

The campaign called the "signal for help", spread across social media in 2020 during the initial pandemic lockdowns, in an attempt to address a rise in domestic violence.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFLZEQFIm7k&t=17s

The idea was a way for domestic abuse victims to seek help using a non-verbal cue.

Videos demonstrating the signs also gained momentum in the UK in the aftermath of the murder of Sarah Everard, which sparked a debate over women's safety.

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Smart girl, observant motorist, God to the rescue!!!

Front Page

I know sure say Nigerian military go understand this sign

zolajpower:
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Are you on free basic?

Very soon all kidnappers will understand the sign.....It's no longer classified

The hero in this story are social media and the driver that called the police.
In a country of terrorists and kidnappers, the chief kidnapper is doing everything to gag SM.

Hmmm

Good one

Great news

Only the Divine know what granny wants to do with little girl

Wow.. Good to be informed! The lady and passers-by were informed. If na nija, na sedibalabala we know

Lucky girl she is

tolugar:
How I wish this will make front page in near future.


Not sex sex and more snake.

No more Snakes?
Lala iz gonna ban you forever & ever, Amin!

Smart Lucky Girl. Doesn't mean it will work for all victims and the kidnappers taking note now

zolajpower:
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It's a very short piece. Please, read!!

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Make this sign anywhere in Nigeria, you are on your own.. Police nor go even sabi the meaning

HOLLY GRAM WTF MAN

Information is key! The girl knew the sign, the passerby knew the sign. I can imagine this situation in Nigeria where majority of the passers-by don't even know about tiktok or any distress sign!

Instead of nigerians to learn and memorize, they will be quick to grumble about how their country is whack.

Do the sign in the ZOOGERIA from now till next 100 years, the ZOO security agency no go understand anything

Her father no buy am glock 26 that’s why

Okay.

kingsceemark:
Do the sign in the ZOOGERIA from now till next 100 years, the ZOO security agency no go understand anything

Thank God you know..

A lot of african security are not trained to know the meaning of signs
So this one can not work here.
Abeg..

dingbang:
Instead of nigerians to learn and memorize, they will be quick to grumble about how their country is whack.

We learn good things if they are taught and made to go viral to reach those who actually need them.

I'm sure even our security agents don't know the meaning of that sign such that if someone in distress is making it, they won't decipher its meaning!