Backyard birder whose quick thinking ended AMBER Alert receives award
Barbara Gusse s story that day went viral.
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The backyard bird watcher who helped save a child that was the subject of an AMBER Alert was given an award for her quick thinking that day.
Barbara Gusse, from Brooklyn Center, was at home, feeding the birds in her yard on Feb. 6 when an AMBER Alert came though on her phone: A 1-year-old boy in the back of a stolen vehicle, authorities searching frantically to locate him on the cold, wintry day.
It wasn t long before Gusse noticed a vehicle matching the description of the one in the AMBER Alert - a white Jeep - in the parking lot of a church across the street, idling. She grabbed her binoculars, normally reserved for admiring the birds in her yard, and zoomed in on the license plate. A match.
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has honored a Brooklyn Center woman who alerted authorities when she spotted a stolen vehicle with a missing child in it.
Barbara Gusse picked up her bird-watching binoculars and identified an SUV across from her house in a church parking lot, as one that was stolen being sought in an Amber Alert on Saturday. Police came and rescued the child, who was still strapped in the back seat.
Frey proclaimed Tuesday as Barbara Gusse Day to honor her actions. You have quite literally saved a life and you should be honored as such, Frey said in a video posted on social media. It showed him giving the proclamation to Gusse in the front yard of her home.
Mother of 1-year-old at the center of Minneapolis Amber Alert thanks woman who helped find her son Somebody called me and told me he was found, and I told them to tell me where the location was and I made it there in a matter of eight minutes, DaMarria said. Author: Charmaine Nero (KARE 11) Published: 9:54 PM CST February 8, 2021 Updated: 10:06 PM CST February 8, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS These four letters are now music to DaMarria Dotson s ears. Mama, says DaMarria s 1-year-old son, Da Merion, just three days after he was found safe inside his mother s stolen car in Brooklyn Center. I was huge panicking, DaMarria said.
Brooklyn Center woman being hailed a hero for helping police find missing baby I took my binoculars because I am a bird watcher and it had the same license plate that was on my phone so I called the cops right away.” Author: Deevon Rahming (KARE11) Updated: 8:52 AM CST February 7, 2021
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. Barbara Gusse of Brooklyn Center is being hailed a hero, after a one-year-old who was first reported missing in a car theft incident in north Minneapolis Saturday, was found safe. The amber alert came up on my phone and I d seen it said white Cherokee, said Gusse. So I took my binoculars, because I am a bird watcher, and it had the same license plate that was on my phone so I called the cops right away.”