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Published January 15, 2010, 12:00 AM

Haiti adoptions


In this photo taken in October of 2009 Kim Lewen, 40, of Willowbrook, Ill. holds her two adopted Haitian daughters, Sandina, 1, left, and Benciana, 3, at the Creche (a home for children waiting to be adopted), where they live in Kenscoff, Haiti. The girls have been legally adopted by Lewen, but some paper work needs to be finalized before the family can be united. Lewen and the Illinois adoption agency she is working with hope that in light of the massive earthquake that hit Haiti this week, Haitian officials will be able to expedite matters and U.S. officials will grant emergency visas to bring the children to America. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)


Read the article: Haiti quake puts parents' adoption dreams in limbo