Now the baby is nine today and is a good swimmer among other talents...
ednesday, May 06, 2009
Miracle "Hand of Hope" Baby Turns Nine Years Old
Samuel Alexander Armas (born December 2, 1999(1999-12-02)) is the child shown in a famous photograph by Michael Clancy as he seemed to grasp his surgeon's hand from a hole in his mother's uterus during open fetal surgery for spina bifida. The photograph was taken during a pioneering surgical procedure performed on August 19, 1999 to fix the spina bifida lesion of a 21-week-old fetus in the womb. During the operation, Dr. Joseph Bruner successfully alleviated the effects of the opening in Samuel's spine caused by the spina bifida. As a result of the operation, Armas was healthy when he was delivered on December 02, 1999- Wiki.
Aug. 19, 1999: The hand of Samuel Armas, then a 21-week-old fetus, is seen grasping the hand of Dr. Joseph Bruner.
That was ten years ago.
Today Samuel Armas is nine years-old, a swimmer and says the photo likely gave countless "babies their right to live."
Samuel took first place last weekend in a 25-yard backstroke event.
FOX News reported:
Samuel Armas, 9, proudly displays ribbons he's won for swimming. Backstroke is his best stroke, he said. (FOX News)
Aug. 19, 1999: The hand of Samuel Armas, then a 21-week-old fetus, is seen grasping the hand of Dr. Joseph Bruner.
That was ten years ago.
Today Samuel Armas is nine years-old, a swimmer and says the photo likely gave countless "babies their right to live."
Samuel took first place last weekend in a 25-yard backstroke event.
FOX News reported:
"When I see that picture, the first thing I think of is how special and lucky I am to have God use me that way," Samuel told FOXNews.com. "I feel very thankful that I was in that picture."
On Aug. 19, 1999, photographer Michael Clancy shot the "Fetal Hand Grasp" — his picture of a 21-week-old fetus grasping a doctor's finger during innovative surgery to correct spina bifida. Nearly four months later, on Dec. 2, Samuel Armas was "born famous."
The photo, which first appeared in USA Today on Sept. 7, 1999, quickly spread across the globe as proof of development in the womb and was later cited during congressional debates on the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, which passed in 2000.
"It's just a miracle picture, a miracle moment," Clancy told FOXNews.com. "It shows the earliest human interaction ever recorded."
Samuel, now 9 and living in Villa Rica, Ga., said the photo likely gave countless "babies their right to live" and forced many others to debate their beliefs on abortion, something he's proud of.
Samuel Armas, 9, proudly displays ribbons he's won for swimming. Backstroke is his best stroke, he said. (FOX News)
8 comments:
Isn't that an amazing story!? I'm SO glad you blogged on it, Carol, almost did myself but I'm too busy being ticked off at England! (thanks for coming by)
That little hand changed the photographer from pro-choice to ANTI ABORTION!! Quite a picture, huh!?
We Christians can use all art forms to get the TRUTH out!
C-CS
Incredible.
SR that it is ---
While the picture is remarkable and so is our ability to do in-utero surgery, his hand grasp was no more than a reflex. He was unaware and unable to know what was going on. Samuel, like his mother, was anesthitized. This photo should not sway anyone's opinion one way or another ragarding abortion.
To (REEV) reflex, no reflex it doesn't change the fact that it is life. What your saying here is that because it's a "reflex" it's not regarded as "life" nor should even be a consideration away from abortion? I'm sorry but that is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.
You can't have an abortion at 21 weeks, for obvious reasons...
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