Lopez Lomong: U.S. flag-bearer found new life in New York foster family

By Maureen Sieh

TULLY, N.Y. -- Robert Rogers was intrigued seven years ago by the advertisement in a church bulletin seeking foster parents for "Lost Boys" from Sudan."

This looks interesting," he told his wife, Barbara, at the end of Mass at St. Leo Church.

He still remembers her reaction: "You're out of your mind."

He was out of town on the day of the meeting about the foster children, so his wife went. "When I came home ... we were all signed up and ready to go," he said. the rest image

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