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Izidor Ruckel posing

Los Angeles Times: Former Romanian orphan in the U.S. helps…

Los Angeles Times reporter John M. Glionna traveled to Colorado in 2015 to interview Izidor Ruckel. The meeting reunited Glionna and Ruckel for the first time since 1991. Glionna’s first story covered Ruckel’s transition into his new adoptive family after arriving in America at age eleven. What is Ruckel’s life like now, almost 25 years later? Click here to read…

Sarah Padbury, Stacy Petty and Izidor Ruckel in studio at 1310 KFKA talk radio.

Izidor Ruckel reveals new film on live radio show

Izidor Ruckel and his manager, Sarah Padbury, participated in a two-hour radio interview on the Stacy Petty Show on Friday, Aug. 7. The live broadcast is a daily show on 1310 KFKA, a news talk AM radio station, based in Greeley, Colo., within reach of one million listeners across northern Colorado. Petty interviewed the duo about several issues surrounding adoption. Ruckel described his…

Izidor interviewed on TVR

TVR: Bucharest, Romania

Abandonaţi pe viaţă. Poveşti din orfelinatele groazei. Izidor Ruckel, several other adoptees, and government officials discuss Romanian international adoption issues. Watch the TVR story here.

Izidor on Radio Transilvania

Izidor Ruckel concludes 2-month tour of Romania

Izidor Ruckel returned to the United States in early May after a two-month stay in Romania, his birth country. Due to major press coverage around the country and across Europe throughout his trip, citizens began approaching Ruckel in every city he toured, including Bucharest, Cluj, Brasov, and Oreada. Several national and international media outlets interviewed…

Izidor interviewed on Radio Transilvania

Radio Transilvania: Cluj, Romania

Radio Transilvania interview with international adoptees Izidor Ruckel, Veronica Clark and Alex Kush in Cluj, Romania. “My goal in Romania is to create advocacy with citizens within the country. [Also,] the purpose for international adoption that I am personally fighting for is the children with  special needs – those that cannot be adopted by Romanian families – should…

Stirile TVR story Izidor and Alex

TVR 1: Brașov, Romania

lvaţi din orfelinate. Acum vor ei să ajute copiii orfani din România A Stirile TVR1 news story announcing Izidor and Alex Kush’s speaking engagement in Brașov, Romania. “…After nearly a quarter century, Isidor and Alexander, two young adopted from the former communist Romania, now returned to the country to help children in orphanages…” (Story archived.)