Made possible by the Hand of God.
Thanks so much for the update pix of little Sammy!
Bravo for this fine young man. And for his parents and the doctor who performed that procedure while he was in the womb. God works wonders on a daily basis and young Samuel is living proof of it!
Samuel Armas and his younger brother Zachary, both with spina bifida
Julie and Alex Armas, pictured with their oldest sons, Samuel and Ethan, refused to consider abortion when Samuel and their third son, Zachary, were diagnosed with spina bifida before their birth.
Michael Clancy, the photographer who snapped the photo in 1999 of Baby Samuel Armas reaching out of his mother’s uterus to hold the finger of his surgeon, attended a pregnancy care center banquet last month, where he and Samuel’s mother Julie spoke.
Wrote Michael in an email to me, “It was a God moment when at the end of her presentation, Samuel, at seven years old, climbed the stairs and took his place beside her at the podium. A standing ovation ensued and it was one of several times that night I more than teared up, I cried.”
Here is a photo of Samuel and Michael, taken in March 2007.