Drawing & UA badge from Artem

#1 Christie
Date: 10.04.2010
Arthur,
I am so sorry you were used in such a sad way. I apologize on behalf of all decent adoptive parents for the actions of these people. This is HUGE news in America too.

We have 2 daughters from Ukraine we adopted several years ago. I could not imagine in my wildest dreams sending them anywhere !

This was a cold and callous act. Thank you for being honest and for taking good care of this child.

How very, very sad.

#2 Alex
Date: 11.04.2010
I am sorry for what that violent and psychopathic single "mother" did to you and to the poor child

#3 Kim
Date: 11.04.2010
I am also so sorry that you were lied to and pulled into such a horrible plan by the adopted mother and grandmother. It makes me feel sick to think that someone could do such a thing. We adopted our daughter from Russia in 2008 and she is very much loved and adored.

I want to thank you for showing little Artem kindness and compassion and for being so protective of him. I shudder to think how much worse it could have turned out if YOU were not there to look out for him. Our experience with the people of Russia were all very positive and I thank God that there are good and gracious people all over the world. There is no excuse for what this mother and grandmother did and I believe they should be prosecuted to the fullest!

#4 Sue
Date: 11.04.2010
Arthur, I feel so badly that you were dragged into this woman's scheme. Artem is fortunate you were the one to meet him because you took such good care of him, protecting him during the long ordeal and staying with him until he was safely on his way.

I hope your story of the true events will be published so the media can know what a hero you were that day. Be well my friend.

#5 Amy
Date: 11.04.2010
Arthur,

As an adoptive parent of a 3 yr old daughter who is also from Vladivostok I am SHOCKED and APPALLED at the Hansen's actions. Thank you for showing him such kindness and sharing your story. I am so sorry that you were brought into such a horrible situation.

#6 Dawn
Date: 11.04.2010
Although you shared the details of your story surrounding Artem with me days ago, I'm still in shock. As I sit down to read the day's events, it brings tears of sadness. The only reason I can fathom you were involved in such a scandal . . . GOD must have picked you because of your kindness and honesty, and knowing you would take the best care of this young child like no one else.

Arthur, we cannot fully understand how you must feel but can only imagine. We will pray for you to find peace within yourself; and to understand how you are hero in many eyes. As Sue mentions above, we too, hope your story of the true events will be published so the media can know what a hero you were that day.

Sending our love and prayers, T&D

#7 Kyle and Svet
Date: 11.04.2010
Thank you for the links to your site. I will pass the word and hope that many more will see this...

You are a good man and I was mortified my self at the thought of how lucky that someone was there to meet the boy that could be trusted...

Kyle Keeton

#8 Jessica
Date: 12.04.2010
Wow....just wow....

This is huge news here in the US, especially among the International Adoption Community. Being an adoptive parent myself, the acts of this woman defy logic and reasoning. I am sorry that you were "dragged" into this...

#9 maryanne
Date: 12.04.2010
God bless you for taking care of little Artem. Finally someone cared. I read of your goodness on Bastardette, I am a good friend of hers and active in adoption reform in the US. I also have a half-Russian niece Anya who is only a bit younger than Artem. How anyone could do that to a child is hard to understand. You are good and honorable man who did the right thing and you should be proud.

#10 john Faulkner
Date: 12.04.2010
I for one am glad that you were dragged into this ordeal. This woman needs to be arrested for the criminal she is. Child abandonment is a crime in the state of Tennessee. Safe Harbor is a method for parents to legally abandon their unwanted child to the state. What this woman did, according to your emails, is a felony. It amounts to calling a cab for her child and expecting a total stranger to take on the responsibility for her childs welfare. Thankfully, you were there, instead of someone with less integrity. Thank you for that. Please don't think badly of all Americans because of the actions of this one disturbed woman. She is nothing more then an horrible aberration.