Rubin Swift owns a deli in Cleveland, Ohio. He has three
grown kids from his first marriage, and four step-children with his second
wife, Tiffany. Late in 2018 he learned he had a newborn daughter in Phoenix, and
that he had been awarded custody. He flew to Arizona to meet her and bring her
home. But when Rubin and his daughter arrived back at the airport, they hit a
snag. The baby couldn’t fly without ID, and her birth certificate would take several
days. Rubin didn’t have enough money to rent a car and drive to Ohio, or to
wait in a Phoenix hotel. He was afraid if he tried to sleep at the airport with
a newborn, he’d be charged with neglect and the baby would be taken from him. Desperate,
he called Joy Ringhofer, a volunteer he’d met at the Phoenix hospital. She brought Rubin
and the baby back home to stay with her until the birth certificate showed up.
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