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CPS Searches For Parents Of 2 Young Hurricane Victims
Children Found At Dome Without Parents, Guardians
POSTED: 5:01 pm CDT September 9, 2005
UPDATED: 5:59 pm CDT September 9, 2005
HOUSTON -- Some of the smallest victims of Hurricane Katrina not only lost their home and belongings, they were tragically separated from their families. Now, Child Protective Services is trying to reunite them, Local 2 reported Friday.
Two children were brought to the Astrodome without a family
member, friend or guardian to care for them.
"We received a call that (a boy) was at the Dome without par
ents and we went to take him up so we could place him in a nicer situation with a foster mother," said Dan Rosenberg, with Child Protective Services.
Finding the parents of a boy known only as David and an 18-month-old girl named Shakim is proving difficult with so many evacuees spread across the country.
"We think that there might be somebody out there looking for them, perhaps his father, his mother, grandparents, and we're asking for help in being able to identify him and get him back with his family," said Estella Olquin, with Child Protective Services.
Foster mother Carrie Davis said that after 16 years of caring for children, taking them in was an easy decision.
"When they tell you they're coming to your home, it breaks your heart, but you are ready to open your door right then and there," she said.
David does not ta
lk m
uch, so he cannot help officials find his parents.
Davis said Shakim stands by the window calling for her "nanna."
"(David) does seem to cling to people an
d perhaps (it's) because he's been through a lot and may be afraid of the unknown," Olquin said.
CPS hopes a national child database by the Center for Missing and Exploited Children will help reunite all of the families. To see the database, which includes pictures, visit
www.missingkids.com or call (800) THE-LOST.