[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 89 (Friday, May 26, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1148]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


         HELPING MISSING CHILDREN: THE LEGACY OF SARA ANN WOOD

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                       HON. SHERWOOD L. BOEHLERT

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 25, 1995
  Mr. BOEHLERT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of the missing 
children of this country, and of their parents and families who hope 
against hope that their children will be returned safely to them. In 
1988, the last year for which statistics are available, between 3,200 
and 4,600 children were abducted by strangers. The statistics on 
missing children are sad, but far sadder are the stories behind the 
statistics: the families wondering if they will ever see their children 
again, and the brutality suffered by the children. One of those 
families, the Woods of Litchfield, NY, lost their daughter, 12-year-old 
Sara Anne on August 18, 1993. Today, Sara's father, Bob, brother, 
Dusty, and five others concerned about missing children, today 
completed a 600-mile ride from Washington Mills, NY, to the Nation's 
Capital. Hoping to bring some good from their tragedy, they put aside 
their own grief and have worked to increase awareness of missing 
children. Bob Wood says that if even one child is saved from kidnapping 
and abuse as a result of his ride, he will have accomplished his goal. 
I commend to you today Bob and Dusty Wood, and their cycling 
companions, Joe Kelly, Earle Reed, Frank Williams, Dick Jordan, and Al 
Pylman. Their efforts on behalf of missing children are Sara's legacy.


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