Orphans' Angel; West Haven Woman Saves Romanian Kids
New Haven Register › September 04, 2008
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Editor's note: Register reporter Marissa Yaremich and photographer Melanie Stengel recently traveled to Romania to tell the story of a West Haven woman's efforts to help the country's orphans. This is the first of a two-day series.
A dollop of deflated rubber -- still highly prized as a soccer ball -- scrapes across the concrete courtyard as Florin, a 15-year- old orphan, darts past the orphanage's dog and thumps the ball against a wall.See the full content of this document
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Orphans' Angel; West Haven Woman Saves Romanian Kids
The shy Florin, who was often chained to a radiator as a boy, forgets his pockmarked childhood when he loses himself in the soccer game.
Before arriving at the orphanage, Archway Inc., Florin survived Bucharest's convoluted sewers and underground tunnels -- a fate thousands of Romanian children suffered during the impoverished aftermath of oppressive, communist-era leader Nicolae Ceausescu's 1989 execution.When police delivered him to the orphanage, Florin was...See the full content of this document
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