Letter: Adoptions story hits close to heart

Wednesday, June 4, 2003 | 9:02 a.m.

An Associated Press article in the May 26 Las Vegas Sun made the heart of this old man whole again. The story about Oleg Alexandrov and Andrei Kamikov coming from Russia and being adopted by American families tells us something about our citizens.

Both of my children were adopted. My son, Paul, was 5 months old when we adopted him from Catholic Charities back East. As an infant he was raised by Catholic nuns. On the day my wife and I picked him up, the nuns stood there and cried their eyes out -- they had become so attached to him. A few years later we adopted our daughter, Susan, from the same agency. We brought Paul with us when we picked up Susan. Being held by the director, she was crying uncontrollably. As soon as she saw Paul she stopped crying.

I wish Oleg and Andrei, and their new parents, the best of everything.

JOHN TOMINSKY

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