This is an emotional article about a young girl who was kidnapped as a baby. When 17 year old Netty found out she was pregnant she was required to present her birth certificate to receive prenatal care. The birth certificate her mother, Ann, had for her was a fake. Netty started to suspect Ann was not her mother. Years went by and Netty would search databases and google missing child cases until finally she got some information. She was reunited with her parents in Nov of 2011, 23 years after Ann allegedly had kidnapped her from a Harlem hospital when Netty was just 19 days old.Soon after finding her parents Netty flew out to New York to meet her parents. It is said this case is the longest case open with a child reuniting with its parents. Its a crazy story, and had Netty not gotten pregnant she would have never found she was kidnapped. Also, if she had not been so persist ant that Ann was not telling her the whole story, she would have never realized she had been kidnapped and found her birth parents. After reading this article, it seems all the people involved almost wish hadn't found them, as their relationships are not what they thought they would be.
The beginning of the article is easy to read and flows well but when the author gets deep into "he said" "she said" and heavy quoting it gets a bit challenging to keep straight who said what. The article provides a great deal of details about the disappearance, reuniting and fall out of Netty and her birth parents, but some that is not necessary. The article is lengthy and full of drama, it almost loses the reader. What started off as a great read ended as a nuisance to finish. I don't think the writers style or approach changed, it was the switch of information he was providing.
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