In 1998, Kampusch, then 10, was dragged into a car while walking to school.
Fear of strangers puts nearly half of London children off walking to school, a survey suggests.
On days when there was fighting in her neighborhood, Zamzam said, walking to school felt like a death wish.
Scotland's children were least fearful of bullying - with only 11% saying it put them off walking to school.
Charity Living Streets asked 2, 000 children aged between 7 and 14 what factors put them off walking to school.
Children from Wales were the least fearful of strangers - with 30% saying it put them off walking to school.
"Instead of finger-wagging at restaurants for media attention, CSPI should be promoting walking to school and physical education courses, " said J.
Walking to school in 1980s Tehran amid slogans sprayed on walls and billboards, I remember this early belief, or rather, a child's sense of what would eventually become a belief: We all want to prove we exist.
"Walking to school is one of the best ways for kids to get the exercise they need to combat the obesity epidemic - but they're only going to walk if they can do so safely, " Mr Franklin added.
Meanwhile, seven in 10 children in London said children were put off walking to school because they thought it was "too far away", yet two-thirds of children lived within a 20 minute walk of the school gates, research showed.
Etan vanished while walking to a school bus stop on his own for the first time.
Our school participates in special events sponsored by Safe Routes to School which includes the National and Massachusetts Walk To School Days, celebrating students walking or biking to and from school.
Police found parts of Jessica's body at a park five days after the bespectacled blonde girl disappeared while walking to Witt Elementary School on October 5, 2012.
"There's a children's play area just down the road and a primary school with children walking to and fro past the prison, " said Mr Reade.
In the United Kingdom, there has been a decline in pupils walking, cycling or getting buses to school - with a corresponding rise in parents driving children to the school gates.
There were six security guards at the scene on that morning in late 2006 when two young men on a motorcycle seized Gupta's toddler son, Anant, while his maid was walking him from his house to the nearby school bus stop.
The march by Chardon High School students, walking arm-in-arm in the damp cold from the school to the town square, was an emotional highlight during the day's commemoration.
The woman, walking with an umbrella, came to Bryant Elementary School shortly after school started Monday.
No slouch academically, Harrison has degrees in International Relations and Conflict Resolution from Syracuse University, walking away from an opportunity fresh out of school to work with the Carter Center (President Carter even created a division for her).
He last saw Dzhokhar, with whom he went to high school, in the fall, walking on the street.
And while I had the option of getting a car ride to school, that option (usually) meant walking home.
That will mean girls will spend longer walking to fetch water which could encourage them to drop out of school and bear children earlier.
The app was created after listening to their friends complain they often felt unsafe when walking home from school, and the worry parents feel when their children are out and about.
But walking down the street, going to the gym or taking your children to school should be off-limits.
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