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When contractions began, Sara tried to stay calm. She could barely stand the ride to Georgetown Hospital.

Sara, overdue and depressed, worried whether this was the right time financially to have a child, what effect the baby would have on their romantic life, and if it was fair to bring a vulnerable new person into this very troubled world.

At a checkup two days after her due date, Sara was thrilled to hear her baby's heartbeat with a Doppler.

Each evening in the weeks leading to the birth of their first child, Sara and Jim Vogt said goodnight to their unborn baby.

At a Detroit funeral home where services often are interrupted by fighting and gunfire, a minster closes the coffen lid on yet another victim of drug violence.

After getting very drunk on the morning of her son's funeral, a woman lays out family pictures for the neighbors who will be dropping by. Her son, a dealer, had been shot to death by other dealers, in front of this house.

Fear, handcuffs for her father, and a new hatred for the police.

Child is witness to the arrest of her parents.

Detroit narcotics police smash their way into a suspected crack house.

Delia, resident of Shantytown, asked that this photograph of her with AIDS be made so that her young daughter wouldn't use drugs.