I saw the program featuring Kate and Gerry McCann on TV tonight. Despite not recovering their daughter yet, even after all this time they have not given up hope and this is a real inspiration to other distraught parents facing a similar tragedy. They should be very proud of all that their relentless determination has accomplished; I believe they have done a really great job. By maintaining a vigilant focus on their own daughter Madeline they have managed to significantly raise the profile of the plight of numerous other abducted children worldwide on behalf of the many thousands still missing throughout Europe and beyond.
I commend their efforts in campaigning for a system like the US “Amber Alert” to benefit all missing children by facilitating rapid recovery. The publicity they have generated over the past year will undoubtedly put pressure on European Union decision makers to go ahead and legislate in favor or instituting a similar program within the EU, especially when the one year anniversary of their daughter’s disappearance is reported in the press. I think that it might help to increase pressure on the MEPs if we could initiate a Petition in favor of Kate and Gerry’s proposal. Through their well established Website they could then promote such a Petition and amass signatures in favor of this proposal. I think that as the anniversary of Madeline’s abduction provides another publicity spike this is an ideal time to launch a Petition and it would gain massive support.