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Through social media and the movie "Lion," Holt adoptee Phillip Sais reunites with the woman who escorted him from India to his family in the U.S. when he was just 19 months old.  [caption id="attachment_26001" align="aligncenter" width="1024"]Photo of adult adoptee Phillip and Char during a visit to the Holt headquarters office in Eugene, Oregon, July 2017. Char was Phillip's escort during his international adoption. Phillip and Char during a visit to the Holt headquarters office in Eugene, Oregon, July 2017.[/caption] It was the day after New Years when a mysterious Facebook message appeared on Phillip Sais’ phone. “I was just sitting around doing my usual thing, thinking about classes or what do I have to do for work, and I get this message on my phone,” recalls the 20-year-old college student. “It’s like, ‘Phillip … you have grown up to be such a lovely young man, you know, since I saw you at 19 months old.’” Immediately, Phillip sprung to action. There was only one person to call. “Mom,” he said when she picked up, “who was the person who brought me from India?’” (more…)

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