Originally published on Fri July 13, 2012 3:38 pm
On June 13, 1994, 13-year-old Nicholas Barclay went missing from his home outside San Antonio, Texas.
Nearly four years later, his family received a phone call from Linares, Spain, informing them that their son had been found, scared and confused; the U.S. Embassy made arrangements for the Barclays to reunite with him and bring him back home.
And that's exactly what happened: Nicholas' sister hopped on a plane, drove to the orphanage and embraced a reticent teenager who'd been changed profoundly by age and some unknown, unspeakable trauma.
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