'Sound of Freedom' exposes brutal fight to rescue victims of child trafficking
A new movie premiering in theaters across the country on July 4 highlights the work of an American nonprofit organization that aims to combat international child trafficking rings.
The film follows the story of Tim Ballard, the founder of Operation Underground Railroad (OUR Rescue) who is played by actor Jim Caviezel, as he quits his job with the Department of Homeland Security while on a mission to rescue missing children in Honduras and starts organizing his own independent team of child rescuers.
"What you see in the movie ‘Sound of Freedom,’ that was based on a real-life operation called ‘Triple Take,’" OUR Rescue President and COO Matt Osborne, a former CIA agent, told Fox News Digital. " … In October of 2014, in three cities in Colombia, in a one-hour time period, we helped Colombian authorities and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security rescue 123 trafficking victims – 55 of those were minors."
The film opens with a fictional story based on real-life events about a lower-middle class father living in Honduras who is approached by a woman claiming to be a talent recruiter. The well-dressed, well-spoken woman tells the father she sees potential in his young daughter after hearing her sing at the market and convinces him to let her attend singing tryouts to qualify for a young celebrity program.
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