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In know this is diverging from the topic a little, but that Oprah episode tore my heart out. When he was in the audience and they asked him to stand up he was nearly in tears. I wanted to yank him out of there because you could tell how uncomfortable it all was for him. :(

Then when the cops hugged him right before the commercial break, he gave them a big tight hug back. It was such a sweet moment. Honestly, when I heard Shawn was a teen covered in piercings and always wearing black I thought, "He's never gonna recover, he'll be a dark and angry person". But you can tell that this boy has a lot of love in him. It will take a lot of time, but I do think he will be able to recover.

Also, another thing I found interesting was that there were a lot of reports that he described himself as an atheist, but in the interview he talked about being Christian. I wonder if the rescue restored some of his faith? (Or maybe he was just saying that to make his parents happy.)

I THInk SHawn either said he was an atheist because to keep his identity unkown to other's, or because he started not to believe in God anymore. I think being rescued has renewed his faith is God.