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[quote=Anonymous]Yes.  I was in London a few weeks before Christmas, 1993.  A young woman, who looked exhausted and gaunt, was holding a sickly, listless baby, just sitting on the edge of the sidewalk.  She was just sort of robotically asking, "Spare any change, spare any coins, can you, can you..."  while people rushed by.  For whatever reason, I stopped to give  her a few coins, took a good look at the baby and decided I better make it a whole pound.  I was 19 at the time, a pretty naive college student.  I asked the Mom if there was anything else I could do to help: help her find a shelter? Make a call for her?  Instead, she said, "You're a nice one.  You like kids?"  Startled, I said, "Um, yeah, I do."  She replied all in a burst, "Take the baby, take her.  She's got no chance with me."  I was so freaked out, I literally took off at a run.  Ever since, I've wished so much I would at least have found a police man, let someone know what was going on.  It's not rational but I've worried ever since that the next person actually took her up on it.[/quote]

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