38-year-old Scarpinati from Athens, says she has always treasured photos of her as a baby in a young nurse's arms. The pictures were published in Albany Medical Center's 1977 annual report without names.
The black-and-white photos shot by photographer Carl Howard have a beatific, "Madonna and Child" quality. "Growing up as a child, disfigured by the burns, I was bullied and picked on, tormented. I'd look at those pictures and talk to her, even though I didn't know who she was. I took comfort looking at this woman who seemed so sincere caring for me."
She tried to find out the nurse's name 20 years ago without success. When she posted the photos on Facebook this month at the urging of a friend, she doubted her plea to help put a name to the nurse's face would be successful. Within 12 hours, it had gone viral with 5,000 shares across the country," said Scarpinati, who works as a human resources manager.
"It was on the local TV news the next morning. I was blown away." Angela Leary, a former nurse at Albany Medical Center, sent Scarpinati a message saying the nurse in the photo is Susan Berger, who had moved to the Syracuse area years ago. "She was as sweet and caring as she looks in this picture," Leary wrote.
Source: AP
34 comments:
Touching story Awww #lindaobserve
Aww that's thoughtful of her.
So thoughtful of her to look 4 d nurse after so many yrs.
Awww the image is so touching..one could see the love on the face of the nurse
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Eya!
Touching.
Dang, you need to learn to make use of proper punctuations. It took me several reads to finally decipher the title correctly. These are basic writing skills a real blogger should have.
awwww! so happy for them.
Her story was so touchy. Events like this give some sort of closure.
~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA
Aaaaw
Touchy
Incomplete storey; Linda!
Chai
It is good to be good
Tears of joy
Oh tears!
Nice one...
*LIB JUDGE*
Ahwwww so touching
Eyaaaaah. Teary eyes alrdy
Lovely...👍
Aewwwww
touch story olaniyidavid71@yahoo.com
She's just too good to appreciate the nurse after many years.
I am so teary eyed right now! So touchy!
Wow! Dis is so lovely and gracious. I wish them all d best. Its well wit our souls.
Aww this is sweet! But people are horrible, why bully a person because they are disfigured?
I'm a dude but got teary eyed. Dang!
Awwww!
What so ever you can do today to save life, don't hesitate to put in your best !
If nobody sees you while doing these, God is always there to reward you.
KEN SAID ITS GOOD OF HER
took me a minute to understand the title. but touching story though.
Truly. I was about to say the exact same thing. Two commas, after woman and after baby, would have done it.
Dear Linda please endeavour to use punctuation, it makes a great deal of difference. If something is in parentheses, mark it off with two commas.
Touching story.It pays to do good
Awwwww! That was thoughtful of her....
I was hoping someone will address this. ..i was so confused reading this heading of this article!
So touching
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