Woman abandoned in Fairfax as a baby finds her rescuers

The story of Mia, Chris and Emily, recounted by the three over the past few days, is a nativity narrative for modern times. There were no heavenly hosts that warm afternoon in 1989, just the distant ambulance sirens after the call to 911. But the event seemed blessed all the same.

Chris and Emily, both now 35, stayed close friends as they grew up, moved and married, bound by their rescue of the baby.

Mia, once she learned her story, never forgot them, and after numerous tries over several years managed at last, through the power of the Internet, to track them down. “I didn’t know how they would feel,” she said.

Emily said: “It’s like a miracle… . My heart is filled now. There was always a little spot missing. “

Chris said, “It’s the best Christmas present I have ever gotten.”