“I don’t know what was more terrifying — being attacked by these five armed men, or not getting any help,” Tebow said. Finally, a small, older car pulled over and a girl yelled for her to get in.
Tebow said, “If it wasn’t for that young girl, who was 19 years old at the time, I don’t know what would have happened…That courageous young woman risked her own safety to help me,” she explained. “I will forever be grateful to her.”
Tebow: Be the Person Who Leads Someone to Safety
Encouraging listeners to be as courageous as the girl who helped her, Tebow urged listeners to not be the person who “shoves someone away, who rolls up your car window when someone is begging you for help.” Tebow says, “Be that person who leans over, and opens up your car door, and lets that person in, and leads them to safety.”
“We need you. More importantly they need you.”
Tebow’s emotional story comes as part of her birthday campaign, which in less than a week has raised more than $200,000, well surpassing its original goal of $26,000. Tebow said in an Instagram video, “It seems so unreachable to impact 40.3 million lives that are trapped in human trafficking as we stand today. But what makes it worth it to me is knowing that even just one life is worth it and deserves us speaking up for them…fighting for them.