Quick-thinking airline attendant saves young girls from terrible fate
A quick-thinking airline attendant has saved two teenage girls from a terrible fate, when they showed up at her counter with one-way flights and no identification.
The duo, aged 17 and 15, turned up to Sacramento International Airport with two small bags and two first-class tickets to New York, booked by another person.
Airline worker Denice Miracle knew something was wrong.
“Between the two of them, they had a bunch of small bags. It seemed to me as if they were running away from home,” American Airlines worker Miracle said.
“They kept looking at each other in a way that seemed fearful and anxious. I had a gut feeling that something just wasn’t right.”
What she did next could have saved the girls’ lives.
After refusing to let them board the plane, Ms Miracle called the police and explained the situation. Deputy Todd Sanderson soon arrived on the and talk to the girls.
It didn’t take long to realise just how close they’d come to an unsightly fate.
Sanderson found out the girls had met a man named “Drey” on Instagram, who’d purchased the tickets offering them $US2000 ($2530) to model and feature in music videos.
“When I told them that they didn’t have a flight home, that’s when it kind of sunk in that maybe I was actually telling the truth,” Sanderson said.
“In my opinion, what was going to happen was they were going to go back to New York and become victims of sex trafficking. They said they wouldn’t have let that happen, and I said they probably wouldn’t have had a choice.”
Sanderson praised Miracle for her quick-thinking.
“I fully believe she probably prevented these girls from becoming victims,” he said.
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