Remembering Baby Samuel - who was NOT aborted!

LadyEagle · Jun 24, 2003

A picture began circulating in November. It should be "The Picture of the Year," or perhaps, "Picture of the Decade."
It won't be. In fact, unless you obtained a copy of the US paper which published it, you probably will never see it.

The picture is that of a 21-week-old unborn baby named Samuel Alexander Armas, who is being operated on by a surgeon named Joseph Bruner. The baby was diagnosed with spina bifida and would not survive if removed from his mother's womb.

Little Samuel's mother, Julie Armas, is an obstetrics nurse in Atlanta. She knew of Dr. Bruner's remarkable surgical procedure. Practicing at Vanderbilt University Medical
Center in Nashville, he performs these special operations while the baby is still in the womb. During the procedure, the doctor removes the uterus via C-section and makes a small
incision to operate on the baby. As Dr. Bruner completed the surgery on little Samuel, the little guy reached his tiny, but fully developed, hand through the incision and firmly
grasped the surgeon's finger. In a Time Europe article highlighting new pregnancy imagery that show the formation of major organs and other significant evidence of the formation of
human life but a few days after conception, Dr. Bruner was reported as saying that when his finger was grasped, it was the most emotional moment of his life, and that for an instant during the procedure he was just frozen, totally immobile.

The photograph captures this amazing event with perfect clarity. The editors titled the picture, "Hand of Hope." The text explaining the picture begins, "The tiny hand of 21-week-old
fetus Samuel Alexander Armas emerges from the mother's uterus to grasp the finger of Dr. Joseph Bruner as if thanking the doctor for the gift of life." Little Samuel's mother said
they "wept for days" when they saw the picture. She said, "The photo reminds us my pregnancy isn't about disability or an illness, it's about a little person."

Samuel was born in perfect health, the operation 100 per cent successful. Now see the actual picture, and it is awesome...incredible. And hey, pass it on. The world needs to see something as beautiful as this...
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Click for Baby Samuel's picture in utero

UPDATE: Baby Samuel was Born!

Thanks to BB Member just-want-peace for this.

Johnv · Jun 24, 2003

While some of the facts are a little ambiguous, the story is indeed true:

http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/babysamuel.htm

MissAbbyIFBaptist · Jun 24, 2003

That's beautiful! And amazing! When I look into a little one's face, I can't help but be overwhelemed at such perfectness, and can't help but think "Wow! My God is amazing!" I'm so glad this little one was born safely! Thank's for shareing this.
~Miss Abby

ColoradoFB · Jun 24, 2003

Another photo that is forever burned in my memory as "Photo of the Decade" is the one of little Baylee Almon, dying and being carried by a fireman after the OKC bombing. I am only pro death penalty in certain situations, but McVeigh got better than he deserved!

MissAbbyIFBaptist · Jun 24, 2003

Oh Colorado, that picture is pitiful. That precious little one! How in the world can a person kill an innicent baby? In the womb or out? That's without natural affection, like the Bible speaks of!
~Miss Abby

ColoradoFB · Jun 24, 2003

Miss Abby, I am from Oklahoma City, and this event really upset me. Anyone who could park a bomb underneath a daycare center deserves more than just being "put to sleep" in a peaceful way. I am not a violent man, but I can tell you, in this case, I would have advocated taking Tim McVeigh out to the site of the Murrah building and chaining him up and letting everyone come by and have a whack at him.

Yes, that is emotion, not reason, but he died easier than the torture he put so many through. I also hope that Terry Nichols gets his as well. I think if the State of Oklahoma has any say in it, he will.

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