“Phone Box Baby” Reunites With The Man Who Rescued Her 22 Years Ago
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Kiren Sheikh was just hours old when she was abandoned in a London telephone box in 1994. Her mother, who was trapped in an abusive relationship, called the Samaritans to rescue her, but before they could respond another good Samaritan came to the rescue instead.
Joe Campbell, then 30, was in Forest Gate, east London when he saw what he thought was a bag of chips at first. Realizing it was a baby, he alerted the authorities and even offered to adopt the girl himself. His offer was refused because he wasn’t married but he never forgot about Sheikh. Recently a co-worker showed Campbell, now 52, a copy of Metro because there was an article about a woman who was looking for a man called either John or Joe Campbell. Realizing who it was, Campbell quickly got in touch and the pair were recently reunited at Metro’s London office. “It’s so amazing to have been reunited with him,” Kiren told Metro. “He’s my hero.” (h/t: metro)
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It's unfortunate the good people who can't adopt because of restrictions such as being single, or being in a same sex relationship (in America I know its hard to adopt for same sex couples), and yet people are just abandoning kids, and horrible people are able to foster. It's all quiet sad. This woman seems to have been lucky, she seems well adjusted, and I'm glad she found him!
*quite (I do my best proof reading after I hit "post") -_-
Me too! For some reason, I just hit send and then read it, after its way too late... Lol I tell everyone its my way of keeping myself honest. In real life, you can't backspace, delete, claim it was autocorrect. And I spell very good, and of a huge variety of subjects.. Lol
Same-sex adoption is now legal in America and can't be prevented x
Restrictions on loving and caring for a child shouldn't be so difficult for people of they want to adopt
What a loving and caring man!!
It's unfortunate the good people who can't adopt because of restrictions such as being single, or being in a same sex relationship (in America I know its hard to adopt for same sex couples), and yet people are just abandoning kids, and horrible people are able to foster. It's all quiet sad. This woman seems to have been lucky, she seems well adjusted, and I'm glad she found him!
*quite (I do my best proof reading after I hit "post") -_-
Me too! For some reason, I just hit send and then read it, after its way too late... Lol I tell everyone its my way of keeping myself honest. In real life, you can't backspace, delete, claim it was autocorrect. And I spell very good, and of a huge variety of subjects.. Lol
Same-sex adoption is now legal in America and can't be prevented x
Restrictions on loving and caring for a child shouldn't be so difficult for people of they want to adopt
What a loving and caring man!!