What is National Missing Persons Day?

National Missing People Day, February 3rd, brings the nation's attention long enough to recognize a missing person..

Every day in the United States, approximately 2,300 people have been reported missing, which may be surprising to learn that approximately 2,300 people are reported missing. However, those figures no longer surprise anyone making the announcement, waiting at home for their loved one, or actively looking for them.

When such a large portion of our lives goes missing, it leaves a profound void. It is not a usable area. Many that have lived through it, as well as those who report 2,300 missing people per day, are aware.

Every day, everyone has a friend, mother, sibling, child, neighbor, or coworker who works with them. No one wants to have them eruptively and disappear from their lives with no explanation. It's a difficult belief. Because one is so difficult to consider, it makes it impossible to compel the interest of those unfamiliar with the missing individual to become concerned.

It won't happen to me, not to me'