[E470]二十年后她终于和抱起她的恩人重逢
Woman Meets Her Rescuer
12-08-2016 07:00
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"So, I'm just so thankful to him. He did save me actually, cause if he wasn't there, goodness knows what could have happened to me, anything at all."
Kiran was just 2 hours old when her mother left her in a phone box in the middle of the night in April, 1994. She was rescued by a man wanting to use the phone, and today after 22 years, they were reunited.
"So good to see you!"
"So good to see you, too!"
Her rescuer, Joe Campbell, said at first he thought the baby was an empty chip wrapper as he approached the phone box.
Kiran's frightened mother gave birth alone in her bathroom. Thought to be in a violent relationship, the mother took the baby to a nearby phone box. She claimed she called a local helpline and begged them to come quickly before leaving the baby there alone. They never arrived, but thankfully, Joe did. He called the police and waited with her until they arrived, and the baby was taken to hospital.
Joe wanted to adopt the baby, but he was not eligible at the time. He tried to keep in contact by sending birthday cards, gifts and money, but it was discouraged by the authorities. Kiran went searching for him after discovering who he was in her adoption file.
"It's part of my history. He was the next person after my mum to pick me up, so that's a really big thing to me."
Joe says he had always wondered about the baby he found in the phone box, until now, when she found him.
Difficult words:
reunite (meet again)
claim (say)
helpline (a phone number that you call if you need help)
beg (to ask for something)
eligible (qualified to do something)
discourage (stop)
authority (a person in charge of something)
search (look for)
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相关背景
1994年的4月30日,
才刚诞生两小时的她,
却被母亲狠心遗弃在了
伦敦西区的电话亭。
因她的妈妈当时陷入情爱纠葛,
无力抚养她,
便联络撒马利坦会,寻求帮助。
襁褓中的她,
却意外地遇到好心人。
Joe Campbell 那一年30岁,
回忆起当时的情景,
他说,
第一眼还以为是一包薯片被扔在那里。
小女孩被送到医院里,
在那里,她被起名为April,
这个名字,
也是Joe的昵称。
两人的联系,
就这样建立起来了。
没过多久,
April 就被另一家人收养,
Joe 却念念不忘,
年年给她送礼物,寄卡片,
也曾动过收养她的念头。
可惜,
因为他当时仍是单身,
不符合条件,
被拒绝了。
小女孩五岁时,
社会福利部门阻止他继续接触小女孩
他只得放弃。
手中只留下了一张照片而已。
被收养后,小女孩的名字被改掉,
养父母一直瞒着她,
直到九岁,
她才知道自己的身世。
而那些Joe寄给她的礼物,
她却从未收到过,
18岁时,
她从社会服务部门找到档案,
但关于恩人的信息, 残缺不全
一晃二十多年过去,
当年不谙世事的小婴儿,
早已长大成人。
她转而想寻找这个素未谋面的叔叔,
可是,已记不清他的名字。
于是,便在被遗弃的地铁站
贴了寻人启事。
此时,
她的恩人已成家立业,儿女绕膝,
52岁的他也没有忘记这个女孩,
他总会和自己的孩子们介绍这个,
未被领养成功的姐姐。
他还将Kiren婴儿时的照片好好保存,
等待着未来相聚。
当Joe在同事那儿听说此事,
一开始心存顾虑的他并不想联系她
但看到了小女孩长大成人的照片后,
他还是勇敢地走到台前。
于是,两人在地铁站办公室内重逢。
巧合的是,
他们居然曾住在一个街区。
而这么多年,无数次的擦肩而过,
却不曾相识。
女孩说,
能找到他是莫大的荣幸。
他,是我的英雄。
Joe激动之情溢于言表。
从未想过我们还能再相遇,
这么多年,
我不曾停止过思念她。
这是我生命中最美好的一天。
找到了恩人,算是了一门心事,
亲生母亲呢?
实际上,
在她三岁时,亲生母亲曾寄给她卡片,
上面写着道歉的话语。
这是生母给她唯一的讯息。
善良的Kiren说,
自己早已原谅她了,
只是很想能亲眼见到她
后来,Kiren还联系到了一个同母异父的亲人,
Zoe,住在佛罗里达。
Kiren的亲生父亲则在加拿大服刑,
他被判蓄意谋杀,
刺了自己的女朋友30多刀。
有着这样狗血离奇的身世,
Kiren还是坚强地承受着一切
而Joe 说起自己善行的动因,
则是因为,
自己三岁时母亲去世,
继母含辛茹苦把自己拉扯大。
相似的身世,
让Joe一直以来默默守护着这个小女孩。
如今,
Joe终于可以把这个领养的女儿
介绍给自己的家人。
一家人,团聚了。
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