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Joan Ganz Cooney | 10/21/2009 12:00 am

Joan Ganz Cooney Will Never Forget the Feeling

Joan Ganz Cooney
Oh yes, I thought I’d lost my two-and-a-half-year-old granddaughter, Chloe, at a huge party many years ago. I was getting her something to eat at a big crowded buffet table and I turned around and didn’t see her in that vast room. I was in a panic and starting crying out her name. I felt this little tug on my jacket and looked down and there was this adorable child, puzzled at my demeanor, but smiling reassuringly at me. I guess I’d forgotten how little she was and was looking out more or less at my own eye level. I’ll never forget the fear I felt for those few seconds.
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Janet Wolf
The same thing happened to me; I was at an accessory counter in a department store with my two nieces ages 4 & 5 at my side, when I got distracted for a split second looking at a hat only to stare out beyond my immediate "space" and not seeing them panicked and screamed out their names — then I felt the little tugs below me and all the blood rushed from my head down to my toes in utter relief!  They both giggled at ‘silly’ me!  I can’t even begin to imagine the horror and dread of a different outcome. 
By Janet Wolf on 10/21/2009 9:48 am