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After 20 years, mom, daughter reunited (Liberian civil war)
http://www.omaha.com/article/20120202/NEWS01/120209913#after-20-years-mom-daughter-reunited
LINCOLN--After 20 years of separation a Liberian mother was reunited Thursday with the daughter she lost in the throes of the Liberian civil war.
"I welcome my daughter to America," said Anna Furkay, as she spread her head scarf on the floor of the Lincoln Municipal Airport concourse for her daughter Amama to stand on.
It took six years of paperwork by an immigration specialist who works with Lutheran Family Services to get authorization for the 22-year-old Amama to join her mother.
Photo: http://www.omaha.com/apps/pbcsi.dll/bilde?Site=OW&Date=20120202&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=120209913&Ref=AR&maxw=490&maxh=275
Anna Furkay of Lincoln, left, after she was reunited with daughter Amama, 22, at the Lincoln Airport on Thursday. The mother and daughter were separated 20 years ago in the throes of the Liberian civil war.
FULL story at link.