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Missing NC teen rescued after using TikTok hand gesture to signal distress
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"The complainant was behind the vehicle and noticed a female passenger in the vehicle making hand gestures that are known on the social media platform 'Tik Tok' to represent violence
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Police find, rescue missing girl after she uses TikTok 'help' hand gesture
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Missing NC teen rescued after using TikTok hand gesture to signal distress
Laurel County Police said a person reported a tip of a girl using a hand gesture made popular on TikTok led to the arrest. She was reported missing Nov. 2.
Laurel County Police said a person reported a tip of a girl using a hand gesture made popular on TikTok led to the arrest. She was reported missing Nov. 2.
Authorities were able to find a missing 16-year-old girl after she caught the attention of a driver by using hand gestures popularized on the social media platform TikTok.
Laurel County Police said a person reported a tip of a girl using a hand gesture made popular on TikTok led to the arrest. She was reported missing Nov. 2.
Laurel County police said a person reported a tip of a girl using a hand gesture made popular on TikTok led to the arrest. She was reported missing Nov. 2.
By Amanda Jackson, CNN A missing teenager from North Carolina was rescued by Kentucky police after she signaled for help by using a hand gesture known on TikTok to represent violence at home, according to police.
"The complainant was behind the vehicle and noticed a female passenger in the vehicle making hand gestures that are known on the social media platform 'Tik Tok' to represent violence
A teen was rescued in Kentucky after she was spotted putting her thumb in her palm and closing her fingers in a fist; a new international sign for help.
