VIETNAM: "OPERATION BABYLIFT" ORPHANS RETURN TO HO CHI MINH CITY скачать в хорошем качестве

VIETNAM: "OPERATION BABYLIFT" ORPHANS RETURN TO HO CHI MINH CITY

(3 Jul 1996) English/Nat 14 former Vietnamese orphans have returned to Ho Chi Minh city 20 years after being flown from war-torn Vietnam, to be adopted in the United States. Their accommodations for this stay in the former Saigon are far more comfortable than the orphanage they lived in when they were infants. But for these young adults, taken across the Pacific in "Operation Babylift" two decades ago, the scene would seem strange and primitive no matter where they slept. The former orphans visited the orphanage that had previously cared for them. Loan (lon') Shillinger, whose father was an African-American soldier during the war, was happy to greet the nuns who still work here. But Loan is lucky to be alive. She survived a crash while being airlifted, that killed 76 orphans. The returnees also expressed their sympathy and hopes for the current group of orphans. SOUNDBITE: (english) "We've been to other orphanages and with the other kids. It's, you know it's exciting to go there and to find out where you've been and what it looks like and just to know and to get some closure. You know, what happened there but you don't know what it looked like." SUPER CAPTION: Lisa Winter, Vietnamese orphan The visitors brought presents such as soap bubbles, plastic stickers, balls and American football cards to share with the children. They drew fascinated comment and questions from Vietnamese who wanted to know where they were from, if they spoke Vietnamese and if they knew who their parents were. For most of the orphans the answer to all the questions was "No." They have been raised in American homes with American attitudes and American values. Lisa Winter felt that it was important for her to come back with this group, for the emotional support it would provide. SOUNDBITE: (english) "You know what they're feeling and you know what they're thinking and you feel the same things and it's easy to communicate with them and talk to them about what you're feeling, about the whole spectrum of what's going on here. You feel the same thing because you're just like that person." SUPER CAPTION: Lisa Winter, Vietnamese orphan Many of the orphans were initially shocked by their first contact with a Third World city -- the chaotic traffic, the crowded shabby housing, the beggars and street hawkers. But still they were glad to be back in the land of their birth. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...