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British girls on holiday in New York put in orphanage after mother falls ill Two British schoolgirls went on a dream trip to New York with their mum - and ended up in a tough inner-city orphanage. Gemma and Katie Bray flew to the Big Apple with their mother Yvonne, 39, on a post-Christmas shopping trip. But just 24 hours after touching down at JFK airport their four-day break of sight-seeing and shopping was cut short after Yvonne was rushed to hospital with pneumonia. Stunned sisters Gemma, 15, and Katie, 13, were suddenly whisked away from their sick mother's bedside...