Forwarded from a Sam's Club employee . . .
Wanted to share something that happened today while shopping at
Sam's Club. A mother was leaning over looking for meat and turned around
to find her 4 yr. old daughter was missing. I was standing there right
beside her, and she was calling her daughter with no luck.
I asked a man who worked at Sam's to announce it over the loud
speaker for Katie. He did, and let me say he immediately walked right past
me when I asked and went to a pole where there was a phone. He made an
announcement for all the doors and gates to be locked, a code something.
So they locked all the doors at once. This took all of 3
minutes
after I asked the guy to do this. They found the little girl 5 minutes
later in a bathroom stall. Her head was half shaved, and she was dressed
in her underwear with a bag of clothes, a razor, and wig sitting on the
floor beside her to make her look
different.
Whoever this person was, took the little girl, brought her into
the bathroom, shaved half her head, and undressed her in a matter of less
than 10 minutes. This makes me shake to no end. Please keep a close eye
on your kids when in big places where it's easy for you to get separated.
It only took a few minutes to do all of that-another 5
minutes and
she would have been out the door. I am still in shock that some sick
person could do this, let alone in a matter of minutes. The days are over
when our little ones could run rampant all over the place and nothing
would happen to them.
The little girl is fine. Thank God for fast workers who didn't
take any chances.
BE SURE TO FORWARD THIS TO EVERYONE, SO THEY KNOW JUST HOW
SICK PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE!!! (This happened at the Sam's
Wholesale Club in Omaha, Nebraska.)
This message has been added to the story above:
I received this e-mail from one of my friends today. Let me
first
tell you that I work at the Sam's club in Lincoln, NE. The code that was
spoken of is called a 'Code Adam'. It is named after John Walsh's (host
of Americas Most Wanted) son Adam who was kidnapped and murdered many
years ago. It is used in all Sam's Clubs, Wal-marts, and Wal-mart super
centers to locate lost children.
This is how it works. If by some means you have been separated
with your child tell the nearest employee! The employee will page a 'Code
Adam' (missing child in the store) over the intercom system followed by a
description of the child (height, weight, hair color, age, name etc).
When that page goes out all the exits are immediately guarded,
and/or locked in some cases, also every employee will stop whatever they
are doing no matter what it is and help look for the missing child. This
will continue until the child is found.
If the child is not found within a reasonable time then the
police
are notified and the store will conduct an isle by isle search. So if ever
you are separated from your child now you know what to do.
Missing children pictures hang by the exits of all Wal-mart and
Sam's Club stores, please take a few minutes to look these over as you
leave, you just might have seen one of the children on them and you might
be the one to give their parents hope and give the police a new lead in
finding them.
Thank you.
Sincerely, Rudy Magee Sam's Club #6413
Even if you do not have little kids, pass this one on to
everyone
you can think of. You never know who you might save by sending this email!
Please take the time and forward this to any friend who has
children & grandchildren!
Wanted to share something that happened today while shopping at
Sam's Club. A mother was leaning over looking for meat and turned around
to find her 4 yr. old daughter was missing. I was standing there right
beside her, and she was calling her daughter with no luck.
I asked a man who worked at Sam's to announce it over the loud
speaker for Katie. He did, and let me say he immediately walked right past
me when I asked and went to a pole where there was a phone. He made an
announcement for all the doors and gates to be locked, a code something.
So they locked all the doors at once. This took all of 3
minutes
after I asked the guy to do this. They found the little girl 5 minutes
later in a bathroom stall. Her head was half shaved, and she was dressed
in her underwear with a bag of clothes, a razor, and wig sitting on the
floor beside her to make her look
different.
Whoever this person was, took the little girl, brought her into
the bathroom, shaved half her head, and undressed her in a matter of less
than 10 minutes. This makes me shake to no end. Please keep a close eye
on your kids when in big places where it's easy for you to get separated.
It only took a few minutes to do all of that-another 5
minutes and
she would have been out the door. I am still in shock that some sick
person could do this, let alone in a matter of minutes. The days are over
when our little ones could run rampant all over the place and nothing
would happen to them.
The little girl is fine. Thank God for fast workers who didn't
take any chances.
BE SURE TO FORWARD THIS TO EVERYONE, SO THEY KNOW JUST HOW
SICK PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE!!! (This happened at the Sam's
Wholesale Club in Omaha, Nebraska.)
This message has been added to the story above:
I received this e-mail from one of my friends today. Let me
first
tell you that I work at the Sam's club in Lincoln, NE. The code that was
spoken of is called a 'Code Adam'. It is named after John Walsh's (host
of Americas Most Wanted) son Adam who was kidnapped and murdered many
years ago. It is used in all Sam's Clubs, Wal-marts, and Wal-mart super
centers to locate lost children.
This is how it works. If by some means you have been separated
with your child tell the nearest employee! The employee will page a 'Code
Adam' (missing child in the store) over the intercom system followed by a
description of the child (height, weight, hair color, age, name etc).
When that page goes out all the exits are immediately guarded,
and/or locked in some cases, also every employee will stop whatever they
are doing no matter what it is and help look for the missing child. This
will continue until the child is found.
If the child is not found within a reasonable time then the
police
are notified and the store will conduct an isle by isle search. So if ever
you are separated from your child now you know what to do.
Missing children pictures hang by the exits of all Wal-mart and
Sam's Club stores, please take a few minutes to look these over as you
leave, you just might have seen one of the children on them and you might
be the one to give their parents hope and give the police a new lead in
finding them.
Thank you.
Sincerely, Rudy Magee Sam's Club #6413
Even if you do not have little kids, pass this one on to
everyone
you can think of. You never know who you might save by sending this email!
Please take the time and forward this to any friend who has
children & grandchildren!
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Re: Code Adam (X-Post)
Mon, April 7, 2008 - 12:22 PMThis is also used in many hospitals where there is a large peds or labor/delivery unit. We use Code Adam at our hospital too.
aka Code Pink (not to be comfused with the peace group)
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Re: Code Adam (X-Post)
Mon, April 7, 2008 - 12:23 PMSome other good codes to know:
Code Blue: cardiac arrest / heart attack
Code Red: fire/smoke
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Re: Code Adam (X-Post)
Tue, April 8, 2008 - 7:40 AMI'm not making any judgment about whether or not this message should be passed on, but I thought other people might be interested in also reading the entry at snopes about this message.
www.snopes.com/horrors/pa.../kidnap.asp -
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Re: Code Adam (X-Post)
Tue, April 8, 2008 - 8:23 AMYeah, I didnt type it in this post, but in my original post I did state that although I doubted the authenticity of this story, that Code Adam is *very* real and a lot of stores here in So Cal display the "CODE ADAM" logo on their doors. -
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Re: Code Adam (X-Post)
Tue, April 8, 2008 - 9:05 AMI appreciate that information, I have never heard of it before and I have two small ones. Thanks -
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Re: Code Adam (X-Post)
Tue, April 8, 2008 - 10:09 AM
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