12-Year-Old Girl Who Went Missing From Reagan National Airport Found Safe In New York
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NEW YORK (CBS/AP) -- A 12-year-old Chinese tourist who went missing from a Washington-area airport has been found safe in New York.
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12-year-old JinJing Ma missing from @reagan_airport in Arlington, #Virgina has been found safe!
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Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Police said JinJing Ma was found Friday in the custody of her parents in Queens, New York.
Authority police Chief David Huchler said at a news conference Friday that the girl excused herself to go to the bathroom Thursday after getting her passport at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. He said the girl met a woman, changed clothes and got into an SUV with New York tags.
Huchler says a couple had earlier approached JinJing Ma while her tour group was at the World Trade Center. He says there appeared to be a link between that couple and the people she met at the airport.
An Amber Alert was issued after the girl went missing.
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