Complete Disbelief
Newell said, “It was such an unbelievable moment for us because we were at a moment in our life when we thought this would never be a possibility.” The two families ended up getting very close to each other through the tragedy. The Van Ryn’s did nurse Whitney back to health, after all. Whitney said, “The Van Ryn’s, they loved me like I was their daughter because they believed that I was their daughter.”
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