{"id":41078,"date":"2013-08-08T02:46:13","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T16:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=41078"},"modified":"2020-12-14T13:44:59","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T03:44:59","slug":"recognise-react-and-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/08\/08\/recognise-react-and-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Recognise, React and Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_41079\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41079\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130807morcombes1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-41079\" title=\"20130807 Bruce and Denise Morcombe \" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130807morcombes1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130807morcombes1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130807morcombes1-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41079\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bruce and Denise Morcombe urged the St John&#8217;s students to set up a network of five trusted adults and learn how to call Triple 0 and the Kids Help Line (1800-55-1800)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>August 7, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>St John&#8217;s Lutheran School students learned the importance of three simple words this week: &#8220;Recognise, React and Report&#8221;, \u00a0words that could just one day save their lives.<\/p>\n<p>Bruce and Denise Morcombe &#8211; the parents of abducted Sunshine Coast teenager Daniel Morcombe &#8211; made a special presentation to students at the school on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The couple has visited about 350 schools, mainly in Queensland, since September 2011; the visit to Kingaroy came at the suggestion of one of St John&#8217;s students.<\/p>\n<p>Their safety message was simple:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Recognise &#8211;<\/strong> &#8220;If you think something is wrong, it probably is&#8221;. \u00a0Listen to &#8220;body clues&#8221;, the ways that your body alerts you to danger, ie goosebumps, butterflies in the tummy,\u00a0sweating, shaking. \u00a0&#8220;Recognise that your body clues are telling you that something is not right.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>React &#8211;<\/strong> \u00a0Remove yourself from the danger. Run to a safe place; and then<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Report &#8211;<\/strong> Tell what has happened to someone from your safety network of adults, or to someone in uniform such as police officer. &#8220;If someone makes you feel uncomfortable, face-to-face or online, report it to an adult&#8221;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The couple assured the students that most people are good and didn&#8217;t want to hurt them, however there were potential dangers out in the world.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t think that every car driver in the street is an abductor but use your instincts,&#8221; Denise said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Some other suggestions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carefully go through your &#8220;friends&#8221; list on Facebook and other social media and delete everyone you don&#8217;t know<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Check all your privacy settings on Facebook so only your friends and family can see what you post<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Don&#8217;t take the &#8220;risky&#8221; way home along a dark path or across an isolated field just to save a few minutes; stay near houses and shops, where people are out and about<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>If possible, always travel with a friend<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Plan ahead &#8211; select a &#8220;meeting spot&#8221; in case you become separated from your parents at an event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>If a car driver asks for directions, call out the answer, never approach the car; if they open the door, run to a safe place<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Never get into a car with someone who is not authorised to collect you, even if you know them. Organise a family &#8220;password&#8221;. Only people who know the password can pick you up (&#8220;no password, no go&#8221;).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Set up a trusted network of five adults who you can talk to, at least two of whom are outside the family eg. a teacher, a friend&#8217;s parent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Always report if someone offers you gifts or money, or make threats to hurt you or someone you know<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn how to ring Triple 0 and the Kids Helpline 1800-55-1800<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bruce and Denise&#8217;s son Daniel was just 13 when he was abducted while waiting for a bus on the Sunshine Coast on December 7, 2003.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He had decided to catch a bus into Maroochydore to get a haircut and buy some Christmas presents. \u00a0Unfortunately, the bus that he was waiting to catch had broken down.<\/p>\n<p>The depot despatched two buses to replace it &#8230; one to pick up the passengers from the broken-down bus and then to run express to make up time, and the second to pick up any passengers left at the stops.<\/p>\n<p>Passengers on the first bus reported seeing Daniel try to hail the bus, but because it was running express, it did not stop.<\/p>\n<p>By the time the second bus passed the stop less than two minutes later, Daniel was nowhere to be seen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brett Peter Cowan, 43, has been committed to stand trial over the death of Daniel Morcombe. He is charged with murder, child stealing, deprivation of liberty, indecent treatment of a child and interfering with a corpse.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41081\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41081\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130807morcombes3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-41081\" title=\"20130807 Bruce and Denise Morcombe\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130807morcombes3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130807morcombes3.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130807morcombes3-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41081\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Denise and Bruce Morcombe with the St John&#8217;s student leaders, vice-captains Shakira Walters and Nicholas Thamm; and school captains Lize Potgieter and Oscar Schmidt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_41080\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41080\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130807morcombes2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-41080\" title=\"20130807 Bruce and Denise Morcombe\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130807morcombes2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130807morcombes2.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/20130807morcombes2-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41080\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Year 5 students Aliyah Killip and Dane Ellis practice a personal safety message during the Daniel Morcombe Foundation presentation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St John&#8217;s Lutheran School students learned the importance of three simple words this week: &#8220;Recognise, React and Report&#8221;,  words that could just one day save their lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":41079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,3,395],"tags":[35],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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