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WASHINGTON (AP) - Ten years after 9-year-old Amber Hagerman was kidnapped and murdered, the Postal Service is issuing a stamp that honors the child recovery system that bears her name.
The Amber Alert system, created in 1996 in response to Amber's death, is designed to notify surrounding communities of an abduction so people can alert police to suspicious activity within the first few hours of the crime.
The Postal Service was unveiling the stamp at a ceremony in Washington on Thursday, which is National Missing Children's Day. "If this stamp can help inform even one citizen of the Amber Alert program, it can make a difference in the safety of a child," Postmaster General John E. Potter said in a Postal Service statement.
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