\u201cOne of the girls was texting someone on the phone to get answers. They had small bags, and I initially thought they were running away from home,\u201d Denice said.<\/p>\n
When you\u2019re young, you\u2019re impressionable and gullible. It\u2019s easy for a young person to get tricked into believing an older person with promises of \u201cshiny and bright\u201d things.<\/p>\n
Sadly, a lot of young girls are tricked by these people.<\/p>\n
Denice was an airport clerk for American Airlines at Sacramento International Airport in California.Helping out customers was her job. On one of her shifts, she was approached by two teenage girls.<\/p>\n
She didn\u2019t know that a simple interaction would change the lives of these two girls.Denice found out that these two girls were going to New York using a first-class ticket. She began to notice that they didn\u2019t have anyone with them and they were only traveling with a small bag in their hands. The two girls also didn\u2019t have any I.D.<\/p>\n
Denice began to ask them simple questions regarding their trip.This is when it started to get weird. The girls didn\u2019t know the answers to her questions. One of them even began to text the person they were about to meet in New York for answers.<\/p>\n
They said they were going to meet a man named Drey who they had been chatting with on Instagram.Drey paid for their expensive tickets and he was going to pay them $2000 for a modeling gig.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the girls was texting someone on the phone to get answers. They had small bags, and I initially thought they were running away from home,\u201d Denice said in an interview with Today.<\/p>\n
Aside from these, Denice found out that the credit card used to buy the ticket was flagged for potential credit card fraud.To not alert the teenagers, she kindly asked them to sit tight as something was wrong with their tickets.<\/p>\n
She then secretly called the Sacramento County Sheriff\u2019s Department Airport Bureau.Upon arrival, the girls shared the information with the police.<\/p>\n
They informed the girls that they were almost the victims of a human trafficking ring.\u201cWe don\u2019t believe his real name was Drey,\u201d stated Sacramento County Sheriff\u2019s Sergeant Scott Swisher.<\/p>\n
\u201cDrey\u201d had done a few things to conceal his real identity.He had used a Google phone number so it wouldn\u2019t be tracked down. When they also tried to reach out to Drey, he deleted all of his social media accounts. The girls were rattled.<\/p>\n
They had told their parents they would be sleeping over at each other\u2019s home. They didn\u2019t expect that flying off to New York might have resulted in their abduction. Thankfully, Denice was there to help them.Denice was considered a hero for saving these girls.She was even praised by her boss, Aleka Turner, for her quick thinking.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m proud of Denice and how she put her training into action to save these children,\u201d Turner said in a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe is a testament to the critical role our frontline team members play each and every day in the operation and the lives of each person they come in contact with.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thanks to Denice, the two young girls were able to go home safely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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