This woman graduated from university where she was abandoned as a baby

In November 1984, a student at the University of San Francisco had an unwanted baby. For reasons still unknown, this university student left the newborn in a box in the laundry of the institution itself. At the time, who found the child was student Patrick Coughlan, who screamed for help and was assisted by college student Esther Raiger, who provided the baby with first aid.

Fortunately, Esther was a nursing student and was able to check the child's vital signs and properly warm her up until the paramedics team arrived - Esther knew the baby was subject to infections as her umbilical cord was inflamed. While massaging the baby, she also realized that the child's skin was still damp from childbirth - that is: it was a short time since the little girl was born.

Some time later, the child found in the laundry was adopted by Sam and Helene Sobol, who named her Jillian Sobol and made sure she grew up in a loving, healthy environment. The couple had already adopted a boy, and the girl learned the story of her origin when she reached adolescence - as soon as she knew everything, she made sure to look for Esther and Patrick, but he had died a few years ago.

“I wrote a letter to her [Esther], just saying, 'I know we never met, but you were a big part of my life and I hope to meet you one day, '” she said. Fortunately, the letter was answered and some time later the family reunited with the woman who, in 1984, saved Jillian's life.

Achievements and reunions

Today this same Jillian is already an adult, has full knowledge of her history and just graduated in Hospitality and Tourism from the University of San Francisco, where she was found by Esther one day. One of her goals now is to meet her birth mother - she already knows the birth father, who was at his graduation, including. "There is a lot of optimism about the future, but now what matters is graduation, " he said.

On her graduation day, Jillian had the illustrious presence of Esther and her parents, of course - the foster parents and the biological father. “And each time I saw them, I just tried not to cry because they represent the world to me, ” the student said in a statement published in The Washington Post.

The institution itself was unaware of the story of Jillian, who waited until the beginning of the year to tell the university director about her relationship with that place: “It helped me close the loop and emotionally helped me say the words to her. the people who needed to hear them, ”she said. "I feel nothing but love and joy, " he celebrated.