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WCCO's Turner travels to Liberia
to fulfill a promise
BY AMY CARLSON GUSTAFSON
Pioneer Press
Article Last Updated: 06/28/2007 06:36:49 PM CDT

This week, Sue Turner will make good on a promise she made to herself more than a decade ago. Turner, a 34-year-old WCCO-TV reporter, has wanted to adopt a child from Africa since she studied abroad in the country during her college days.

On Thursday, Turner and her husband, Scott Richardson, left for a 10-day trip to Liberia where they would be introduced to their adopted children, Emanuel, 4, and Abigail, 7.

Before she headed out of town, we talked to Turner about going to Liberia, the adoption process and adding onto the family, which also includes the couple's 2-year-old biological daughter, Annie.

Q. Why did you decide to adopt from Liberia?

A. "We wanted to do Africa, and Liberia was English-speaking and it was a little bit cheaper than some of the other countries. But I had always wanted to adopt from Africa."

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Comments

  1. NancyJune 29, 2007 at 4:07 AM

    I hope you are both still smilng this morning. Soon you will really be on your way I hope! We knew this might be a rough ride, just didn't know it was going to get off to such a slow start. The blog entries are great for those of us waiting with you in spirit, but this 'busy work' must be driving you nuts!

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  2. UnknownJune 29, 2007 at 4:02 PM

    Safe travels-- open arms, open hearts, so proud of you!

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  3. AnonymousJune 29, 2007 at 4:37 PM

    You and your new family are in my thoughts and prayers. Good luck and I can't wait to see new video and pictures!

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  4. AnonymousJuly 3, 2007 at 7:58 AM

    I really think you should have adopted children from AMERICA. There are plenty of children in Minnesota and other states waiting to be adopted, but instead people are rushing off to Africa and Korea and other countries adopting children from there when there are kids in america crying everynight because they dont have a family. How do you suppose that makes them feel to see all these stories about people running off to other countries and adopting kids. The child that I adopted said that it made her feel like something was wrong with her and that she wasnt good enough and didnt deserve to be happy. If my 4 year old can feel that, imagine how the other children feel.

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