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Molly exclaims as Memuna shows her shoes as she unpacks on the night Kelly McShane brought her from NY to her new home in DC. The family later officially adopted her.

Memuna takes a final look at the home in Staten Island that she shared with the extended family of Sierra Leone amputees. She is on her way to the airport with Kelly McShane on her move to DC and her new life.

Mohamed Conteh at his new home with his 'forever family'. Last to find a home was Mohamed. He now lives in Staten Island with Joanne Reese, a single mother who takes in troubled children. His family includes eleven (ck) new siblings, 5 dogs, 6 birds.…

Fatu Koroma takes a final look at the NYC skyline with her new sister Rachel Litsey from the Staten Island ferry. They left that night for her move to their home in Whitesville, KY. The World Trade Center was still standing when the group first…

Mariama and Bintu say a prayer before their breakfast with Deannie and Clay Elliott at their new home in Michigan. It was Deannie's first Mother's Day and Mariama's 17th birthday celebrated two days after the girls moved to Michigan. Mariama Conteh…

Mariama laughs as her birthday balloon flies away as she leaves the home of Deannie's friend, Marge who had a 17th birthday party for her and welcomed the girls to Michigan. It was also Deannie's first Mother's Day. Mariama Conteh moved to the home…

Mariama (left) and Bintu look out the window of the plane carrying them away from Staten Island and to their new home in Michigan. (Follow-up story on Sierra Leone amputees who were brought to the US for prosthetics and have now been granted…

Mariama Conteh (left) and Bintu Amara leave for the airport after saying goodbye to Catherine Webber (middle) who was in tears on the porch of their home in Staten Island. She became a surrogate mother to all the children in the extended family they…

Nancy Passeri kisses the amputated arm of Mariama Conteh as Bintu and the girls prepare a goodbye tape during their last therapy session for them to take to their new home in Michigan. The psychological scars were even more difficult to heal than the…

Memunatu Mansaray imitates the Statue of Liberty, America's symbol of freedom, during a charity boat tour.