Hearts Opened for Baby: Marine's Mission to Save Girl Helped All Along the Way From Abu Ghraib to Upper St. Clair
Author: Alana Semuels.
Source: Volume 06, Number 04, May/June 2005 , pp.52-53(2)
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Abstract:
Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the 26 January 2005 issue of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. It is reprinted with permission. Copyright (c) 2005 Bell & Howell Information and Learning Company. All rights reserved. The baby seemed perfect when she was born amid the violence of war in Iraq. But the cluster of blood vessels on her face grew as the skirmishes escalated. By the time the city of Fallujah, near where she lived, had become a household name in the United States, the non-cancerous tumor was limiting her ability to breathe.Keywords: hemangioma, Tripoli, Baby Tabby, Hochman, Rotary Foundation, Hall
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1: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.