This Easter was a very special one for a Northeast Philadelphia mother after a local man assisting in the fight against Ebola in Liberia helped connect her with her son - after 17 years of separation.
While in Liberia, Phil Carroll of Save the Children, a nonprofit organization that aids children worldwide, met Anthony Parker whose mother, Josephine Parker, happens to live in Northeast Philadelphia.
Instantly, Carroll made it his mission to help re-connect the mother and son through photographs.
“Luckily I had a Polaroid camera, one of those old cameras, and I said, 'You know, I think we can take a picture of two of us and I can bring it to her when I get back,'” Carroll said. “I took the picture and promised him that I would find his mom Josephine and I would bring it to her.”
And that he did. On Saturday, Carroll and Josephine Parker spent the morning looking through pictures of her son, whom she hasn't seen in 17 years.
Despite not having seen in each other in almost 20 years, the mother and son text each other weekly and hope to see one another in person soon.
