The newspaper article was cut from the Thursday, August 7, 1997 issue of the Chicago Sun-Times. It shows a child hugging a doll, with a headline designed to tug at readers' emotions.

While this story created reader interest, it did not show the readers how they might respond to prevent such tragedy.
The newspaper article was cut from the front page of the Sunday, August 17, 1997 issue of the Chicago Tribune. It shows children looking at test results, to see if they will need to repeat 8th grade.