The signal, popularized on TikTok, is now spreading across local police departments. This week, a 16-year-old girl learned the hand signal on TikTok and police say it saved her life. She's now ...

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The signal had been shared on TikTok as a subtle way of indicating domestic abuse or distress. A young woman in Kentucky, United States was rescued after she performed a hand gesture to signal ...

A 16-year-old girl was rescued in Kentucky after using a hand gesture she learned on social media app TikTok to signal to motorists that she was in trouble, the Laurel County Sheriff's Office said ...

BETHEL PARK, Pa. (KDKA-TV) - People are using a hand gesture that says "I need help" to alert friends, family and even law enforcement of a violent situation without alerting their abusers. The ...