Teen Missing For 26 Days: Her Father’s Heroic Rescue

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Dr. Phil McGraw

Mental Health, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 9 January 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

A 14-year-old Long Island girl went missing for 26 days. Her father, Frank Gervasi, rescued her from a boat called The Phoenix, suspecting she was sex-trafficked. Suffolk County police arrested a 65-year-old man in connection with the case.

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0:00.0	It's been nearly one week since 14-year-old M.
0:12.4	Jervasi's father miraculously rescued his missing teen daughter after he received an anonymous tip
0:20.7	that she was inside a stranger's boat
0:23.4	docked in Islip, New York. Before Emory was found, she had been missing for 26 days after
0:31.1	vanishing from her home without a coat or shoes. Now it's been reported that a 65-year-old man has been arrested in
0:40.0	connection with MRA's disappearance and has been charged with rape, kidnapping, and child
0:46.3	endangerment. He has pled not guilty. Join us now is MRA's father, Frank. Frank, it's so good to meet you, but I'm so sorry for the
0:57.6	circumstance. How are you doing, sir? I'm doing okay. Nice to meet you also. Well, I cannot even
1:04.7	imagine the hell that you've gone through with your daughter missing for 14 days.
1:12.9	Can you kind of walk us through first the moment that you were able to find her and discover her?
1:22.9	That had to be a moment you'll never forget.
1:28.6	The moment I found her was probably a moment of elation and probably one of the greatest feelings I've ever experienced.
1:38.8	Well, it was a pretty good feeling.
1:43.9	Well, I can't even imagine.
1:47.4	And we'll talk about that more in just a few minutes.
1:50.5	But I'm so thrilled for you and I'm thrilled for your daughter.
1:55.4	So just God bless that you found her.
1:58.4	And I'm just thrilled to death that that's the case.
2:03.9	Now, let's go back to the night that she went missing.
2:12.4	You have no doubt in your mind that your daughter was the victim of sex trafficking. Is that true?
2:19.8	That's 100% correct. Yeah. And how did this come about? This was on December 9th and I've kind of
2:31.0	gone back and checked and at this time it was in the high 40s maybe temperature outside.
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