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25/10/2007
Madeleine Mum's Heart-Felt Plea Boosts Search
The first television interview given by the parents of missing toddler Madeleine McCann has proved to be a tremendous strain on the couple, with Mrs McCann breaking down in tears towards the end as she talked personally about Madeleine.
However, as the aim was to highlight and reinforce the flagging search for the child in the specific areas where she is most likely to be located, it has proved a worthwhile trauma for the beleaguered couple.
The McCanns reportedly chose the Spanish station, Antena 3 ahead of more well known broadcasters such as Oprah Winfrey and Barbara Walters for the interview because they believe their daughter is most likely to be in Spain, Portugal or north Africa.
They used the opportunity to urge people from that region to dial 00 34 902 300213 on a confidential, 24-hour phone line manned by private investigators if they have any information.
The couple have received the backing of the Portuguese police in launching the initiative.
Kate McCann said: “I feel sad and I feel lonely and our life is not as happy without Madeleine," she said.
Mrs McCann was also asked if she was as confident now of finding Madeleine alive as she was on the day she vanished from her family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal.
She replied: "Maybe even more so. I think she is possibly being held by someone in their house but I don't know.
"As Madeleine's mummy I feel in my heart that she is there. I don't know how anyone could harm anyone as beautiful as Madeleine. I don't mean her appearance. I mean as a beautiful person."
(BMcC)
However, as the aim was to highlight and reinforce the flagging search for the child in the specific areas where she is most likely to be located, it has proved a worthwhile trauma for the beleaguered couple.
The McCanns reportedly chose the Spanish station, Antena 3 ahead of more well known broadcasters such as Oprah Winfrey and Barbara Walters for the interview because they believe their daughter is most likely to be in Spain, Portugal or north Africa.
They used the opportunity to urge people from that region to dial 00 34 902 300213 on a confidential, 24-hour phone line manned by private investigators if they have any information.
The couple have received the backing of the Portuguese police in launching the initiative.
Kate McCann said: “I feel sad and I feel lonely and our life is not as happy without Madeleine," she said.
Mrs McCann was also asked if she was as confident now of finding Madeleine alive as she was on the day she vanished from her family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal.
She replied: "Maybe even more so. I think she is possibly being held by someone in their house but I don't know.
"As Madeleine's mummy I feel in my heart that she is there. I don't know how anyone could harm anyone as beautiful as Madeleine. I don't mean her appearance. I mean as a beautiful person."
(BMcC)
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