Monday, January 23, 2012

9 Year old escapes her kidnapper

A man kidnapped a 9 year girl in Colorado Springs; they were involved in a car accident. The kidnapper and girl asked for a ride to a local gas station when she told the clerk she needed the phone to call her uncle, when she actually called 911 to report that she had been taken, she told the man that "no I aint going anywhere with you I'm waiting for my mama." After looking into this more he may be help responsible for another assault, he took his ex-girlfriend’s daughter out of school and brought her back when school ended. Her mother called a local television station and said her daughter was touched inappropriately.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2012/01/23/exp-early-jakob-rodgers.cnn

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

3 year old denied a transplant


Ameila Rivera is only three years old and needs a transplant. The Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia denied her from being able to receive on due to her condition, she has Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome it is a very rare condiotion.  The doctor refused to give Amelia the transplant because she is “mentally retarded.’ Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrom affects her mentally and physically. She is unable to walk and talk due to her medical condition. She needs a new kidney to survive, on the hospital’s website they released a statement that children are not disqualified for transplants due to intellectual abilities.  http://abcnews.go.com/Health/video/mom-says-impaired-child-was-denied-kidney-transplant-15385141