
Overview
When Benjamin Burns was born in 1997, he was an apparently healthy baby boy. Six months later, Benjamin's sister was playing with her baby brother and, when he started to fall, she reached out to help him. But when she grabbed his arm, she unknowingly fractured it. In the weeks that followed, routine tasks performed by Benjamin's parents resulted in more visits to the hospital and led to the discovery that his arm had been re-injured and he had a fractured skull.Eventually, Child Protective Services was called and Benjamin was separated for three months from his parents, who were accused of child abuse. Nothing could have been further from the truth, and loving parents Gerald and Ellen Burns spent every resource they had trying to get their son back and prove their innocence. When it was finally diagnosed that Benjamin suffers from Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI), a genetic disorder characterized by bones that break easily, the Burns were cleared of the abuse charges and allowed to bring
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2 - 1The Wofford Family September 26, 2004
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2 - 2The Garay Family October 03, 2004
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2 - 3The Pope Family October 10, 2004
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2 - 4The Grinnan Family October 17, 2004
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2 - 5The Mackey Family October 24, 2004
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2 - 6The Ali Family October 31, 2004
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2 - 7The Vardon Family November 07, 2004
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2 - 8The Elcano Family November 21, 2004
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2 - 9The Burns Family November 28, 2004
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2 - 10The Broadbent Family December 12, 2004
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2 - 11The Dore Family January 09, 2005
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2 - 12The Anderson Family January 16, 2005
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2 - 13The Sears Family January 23, 2005
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2 - 14The Correa/Medeiros Families February 13, 2005
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2 - 15The Harper Family February 20, 2005
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2 - 16The Harris Family March 06, 2005
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2 - 17The Okvath Family March 13, 2005
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2 - 18The Leomiti-Higgins Family March 27, 2005
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2 - 19The Leslie Family April 03, 2005
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2 - 20The Harvey Family April 24, 2005
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2 - 21The Dolan Family May 01, 2005
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2 - 22The Johnson Family May 08, 2005
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2 - 23The Vitale Family May 15, 2005
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2 - 24The Piestewa Family May 22, 2005