Los Angeles Times: Former Romanian orphan in the U.S. helps…
Los Angeles Times reporter John M. Glionna traveled to Colorado in 2015 to interview Izidor Ruckel. The meeting reunited Glionna and Ruckel for the first time…
U.S. news stories
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World Magazine: From orphan to advocate
Izidor Ruckel works the night shift at a Denver Walmart. Adopted from Romania in 1991 at age 11, he also speaks around the United States…
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The San Diego Union-Tribune: Romanian orphan turns lens to his past
For the first 11 years of his life, every person Izidor Ruckel loved, he lost. He contracted polio as an infant in Romania in the…
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NPR Morning Edition: Orphans’ Lonely Beginnings Reveal How Parents Shape A Child’s Brain
Parents do a lot more than make sure a child has food and shelter, researchers say. They play a critical role in brain development ……
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Washington Post: A lost boy finds his calling
Orphan no more: Adoption freed Izidor Ruckel from the hell of his Romanian orphanage. But his physical and mental scars aren’t easily escapable. He picks…
