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Extreme Cases of Child Neglect - Danielle's Story
The Oprah Winfrey Show  |  March 03, 2009
Bernie and Diane Lierow explain why they wanted to adopt Danielle.


Those special parents turned out to be Bernie and Diane Lierow. "We went to an event put on by the Heart Gallery, where they had probably over a hundred children available for adoption there that we got to meet," Diane says.

Photographs of children who could not attend were hanging on a board at the event. "I just kept being drawn back to one photo, even though there were all these children running around having a great time that I could meet in person," Diane says.

When Bernie saw the photo of Danielle, he says he knew she was his daughter. "I knew it right from the beginning," he says.
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