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Hysterical Mom: A fainting mother's fears were later calmed when policeman Desmond Waithe produced the frightened child she thought was crushed by the crowd
Hysterical Mom: A fainting mother's fears were later calmed when policeman Desmond Waithe produced the frightened child she thought was crushed by the crowd

Hysterical Mom: A fainting mother's fears were later calmed when policeman Desmond Waithe produced the frightened child she thought was crushed by the crowd

Date8/5/1985
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Original Toronto Star caption: Hysterical Mom: A fainting mother's fears were later calmed when policeman Desmond Waithe produced the frightened child she thought was crushed by the crowd.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0013508F
Mother's grief
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