Abandoned
What happens when we step away from people and places?
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What happens when we step away from people and places? We explore that question, beginning in Pennsylvania coal country where companies left abandoned mines and scarred land. In big cities, the eyesore on the landscape is often vacant houses, which become a home to violence and drug use. Plus, meet a woman who gave up her newborn son and found him nearly 50 years later.
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