'A Mother's Worst Nightmare' Takes Incredible Turn: Crowd Breaks into Tears, Cheers Moments after Heroes Rescue Kidnapped Girl

Billy Hallowell : Sep 27, 2022
Faithwire.com

"...I realized it was her. And I yelled out, 'That's the girl. That's the AMBER Alert girl.'" -Bridge Hartman, a host at Cafe Pesto in Hilo

[Faithwire.com] A community in Hawaii is breathing a sigh of relief after a 15-year-old girl was found and rescued just one day after her alleged abduction. (Screengrab image)

Mikella Debina was at the beach with her boyfriend Friday when a man reportedly approached and held the couple at knifepoint.

"He had my niece tie up her boyfriend, blindfold him, and then took her," Laurene Debina, the victim's aunt, told WJHG-TV.

What followed was a mad dash to try and find the missing teenager, with authorities and family members desperately searching for her whereabouts.

Fortunately, Debina was discovered in good health Saturday after authorities spent 20 hours searching for her following the reported 1:30 p.m. abduction [last] Friday, Hawaii News Now reported.

Good Samaritans happened to recognize Debina inside a restaurant after an AMBER alert was issued. The teen had reportedly convinced her captor to take her to the location for food, which led to her rescue.

The stunning recovery unfolded at Cafe Pesto in Hilo, Hawaii, after Bridge Hartman, a host, knew something seemed off when he saw Debina with a man. Hartman wondered if the girl was the teen in the AMBER alert, and started paying close attention... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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