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Officer breast-feeds quake orphans

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  • Story Highlights
  • New mother feeds babies separated from parents by disaster
  • She’s proclaimed as hero, but says it’s “not worth mentioning”
  • Newspaper headline hails her as “China’s Mother No. 1”
From Hugh Riminton
CNN International

JIANGYOU, China (CNN) — A Chinese police officer is being hailed as a hero after taking it upon herself to breast-feed several infants who were separated from their mothers or orphaned by China’s devastating earthquake.

Officer Jiang Xiaojuan, 29, the mother of a 6-month-old boy, responded to the call of duty and the instincts of motherhood when the magnitude-7.9 quake struck on May 12.  read more »