“It felt like the air itself was devoid of hope…It felt like I was in a tomb, and that I was dying alongside Anya with every breath that she was dying.”

Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits

Episode Summary: A nurse begins shepherding disabled orphans from Eastern Europe to the US, but on one of the trips home, everything falls apart.  

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Content/Trigger Warnings: children in dangerous conditions, child near death, graphic medical imagery, graphic violence, sexual assault, explicit language

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Intro Music: "Illabye" – Tipper

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