Veteran trucker Bob Bramwell recalls his initial thoughts after being trained through a program provided by his company to spot the warning signs of human trafficking while on the road.
“When I was receiving the training for the first time, being a regional driver, right in small town America, I thought, this is something I’ll never run across,” he told Fox News.
However, the Missouri native did experience an instance of human trafficking and used the training to spot and save a young woman he found all alone on a desolate rural road just 50 miles from his home while in the car with his family.
“I pull up to a crossroad and a young lady was standing right there, and it was dark, cold, just the way she was dressed. I rolled the window down when I asked her if she was all right,” Bramwell recalled.
Bob Bramwell used the training he received from Truckers Against Trafficking to help a young women in distress he found standing along a desolate stretch of road in Missouri. (Fox News)
“Immediately the tone in her voice, even though she said okay, I knew things were not okay.”
Bramwell said that he felt the woman was apprehensive in speaking with him, and that he turned on the dome light of his car so she could see that he was with his family. He eventually assured her that night that she could safely get her to come inside the car to safety.
He said he is glad his training enabled him to help at least one person.
“I hope she’s able to live the life that she wants to live of her own free will.”
Fox News’ Andrew Keiper contributed to this report.
Garrett Tenney is a correspondent for Fox News Channel (FNC). He joined FNC in April 2013 and is based in the DC bureau.
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