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If it was any other child, I would think 'She's gone'. But it's Madeleine, so we have hope . . .(News)
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Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
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April 28, 2008
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Byline: Paddy Shennan
EXCLUSIVE
IN the first of a two-part series, to mark the first anniversary of the abduction of Madeleine McCann, chief feature writer Paddy Shennan talks to her Liverpool-based grandparents, Brian and Susan Healy
IT'S A tough question to ask and an almost impossible one to answer.
As they approach the anniversary of the disappearance of their first grandchild, Madeleine McCann's grandparents bravely face up to the horrendous possibility of their worst nightmare coming heartbreakingly true.
For Brian and Susan Healy, who have spent the ...
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