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What happened to The Sodder Children?
This story takes place on christmas eve 1945, when the Sodder family of 10 children are preparing for a fun and loving christmas.
Christmas eve is synonymous with excited kids getting to bed early and awaiting the arrival of father Christmas, however, this fateful night in Fayetteville would see tragedy and destruction giving rise to a mystery spanning over 70 years.
Ellis Island is a small island poised in New York Harbor, just to the south of Manhattan Island and a mere stones throw away from the Statue of Liberty.
From 1892 until 1954 it was the busiest immigrant inspection station in the United States, immigrants from all over the world would pass through the gates in search for a better life and to lay down roots.
During that time almost 12 million people migrated to the U.S via Ellis Island and of those millions of people, one of them was 13 year old Italian, Georgio Soddu.
Georgio arrived at the bustling harbour in 1908, a long way from his birthplace in Sardinia.
However, he wasn’t alone though as he had traveled with his older brother, who had left Georgio to return back to Italy once the pair were processed through customs into New York.
Maybe it just wasn’t for him….
