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Woman Graduates From the University Where She Was Abandoned as a Baby

Woman Graduates From the University Where She Was Abandoned as a Baby
More than 30 years after being abandoned as a newborn at San Francisco State University, this woman walked the aisle in cap and gown.

Almost 32 years after Jillian Sobol was abandoned as a newborn at San Francisco State University, she has donned a cap and gown as one of their graduates.

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Students there found Sobol just hours after she was born in 1984, left in a cardboard box in a dorm laundry room. The infant was turning blue and nursing hopeful Esther Wannenmacher took charge, clearing Sobol's airway and telling others to call an ambulance.

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As for Sobol, she's looking forward to a career as an event organizer in San Francisco, now that she has earned her degree.

(READ more at ABC News) — Photo: Jillian Sobol

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