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Madeleine McCann - the hunt must go on
As a parent, I share Drs Kate and Gerry McCann's anguish. All parents share the anguish, for it affects us all. Tomorrow it may be our child. On a personal level, the McCann family back ground is so similar to mine. A GP and a hospital specialist with a large family. I listen to the news several times a day, hoping to hear that Maddie has been found. It is the first thing that I turn to in the newspapers. Today, 12th May, is Maddie's fourth birthday. She has been missing for a week. The police in Portugal are already scaling down the local search. Police in Portugal said they were winding down the hunt for three-year-old Madeleine McCann after three prime suspects emerged in the investigation. reports today's Daily Telegraph. If Maddie is not found soon, the story will gradually fade from the media. In a couple of months, people will be saying "Did they ever find that girl, what was her name?" That must not happen. We need to keep Maddie's story on the front page. Dr Gerry McCann realises that and has been lobbying politicians and diplomats and mobilising friends and contacts in Britain. He has been developing ways to keep his daughter's case in the public eye through e-mail campaigns, internet posters, celebrity appeals, persuading European retail chains to display Madeleine's picture in their stores and even asking medical centres across the Continent to look out for a girl with a slight iris defect. (The Times 12 May) Where ever Maddie is, someone, somewhere must have seen her. If every British Blogger puts a picture of Maddie on their front page, that will help. I have collected a photo montage of Maddie and the McGann family below and put a picture of Maddy on the top right side bar. I hope everyone else will do the same. Kate McCann is blessed by Father Haynes Hubbard during a special church service in Praia Da Luz. Couragous parents who won respect for dignity and resolve (The Times) On 12 May 2007, barely a week after Maddie disappeared, the Daily Telegraph printed this headline: Madeleine hunt coming to an end We must make sure that that is not true. The hunt must not end until she is found. +++++++++++ Please visit this site, for full up to date details, in English and Portuguese, of the on going search. Madeleine McCann Missing in Portugal Have you seen her? McCann de Madeleine perde em Portugal If you have any information, call this number: +441883731336 ++++++++++Labels: abduction, Dr McCann, Madeleine McCann. |