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Fond memories
of Andreas and Martin:
In a letter
written to Andreas for his 13th birthday, shortly before his illegal
retention in Switzerland: "I want to tell you how happy you have
made me and how great it's been watching you grow. You have
always been special to me, from the time you were the little football
in my arms, to the little boy on his first hike with puffy the paper
blow fish. I will always remember the special times".
Martin, I was
never so proud of him as when he was only five years old and we were
on a family outing. When I asked if anyone wanted to go on to the top
of the Mt. St. Helena, Martin popped up and said, "I wanna
go!" It was the first time I hiked to the top of a mountain with
one of my sons.
Andreas and
Martin standing by the side gate of our home in California.
This picture was shown on ABC World News Tonight, Legal Limbo, Jan.
29, 2000
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Andreas and
Martin in Switzerland, Andreas is holding a bag of presents from me
that was delivered to them by the father of one of the member's of
PACT (Parents of Abducted Children Together).
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Andreas and me
at St. Marks Wildlife Refuse, south of Tallahassee, FL, 12-06-86.
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Andreas' first
time at the wheel of Dad's pick-up truck, at home in Tallahassee, FL, 10-1986.
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Carrying the
boys across the Golden Gate Bridge, Andreas on my back and a four
week old Martin in the front baby carrier sack, 09-24-1989.
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Andreas,
Martin and me at Glacier Point overlooking Yosemite Valley in
November of 1996.
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Martin and me
walking down the Mt. St. Helena Road, November 1995.
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Martin (5 and
a half years old) celebrating his first time on the top of Mt. St.
Helena. He walked the whole ten miles without ever complaining,
even though we had to make a final dash to the cars to miss the rain
showers and the fall of darkness, Easter Sunday 1995.
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Martin as a
toddler always had great balance and loved to play games with dad in
which I would swing him around in all kinds of fun ways. Eating
his apple while standing on my hands was just as normal to him as
sitting at the table to eat.
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Martin says
safety first if you want to be a geologist like dad. Outside
Yosemite Park, May 1993.
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Andreas and me
at the Paria Canyon trailhead in March of 1997. It was
Andreas's first overnight trip, a five-day, 40-mile hike.
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Andreas hiking
along the Paria River Narrows, March 1997.
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Andreas,
Martin and me at Pt. Bonita north of the Golden Gate Bridge.
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Andreas,
Martin, and me on top of Sand Mountain, NV, Spring 1996. This
picture was used in a Santa Rosa Press Democrat article printed on
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