Welcome to BringSeanHome.org, our success in helping David and Sean Goldman reunite on Christmas Eve 2009 was due to the work of tens of thousands of supporters who spent countless hours writing, phoning and emailing elected officials, government administrators, journalists, judges, lawyers, anyone who might help or spread the word of the injustice done to David and Sean. While you have probably heard or read that this case reached the highest levels of the U.S. and Brazilian governments, that only happened because of the relentless efforts of our supporters around the world. The Brazilian public, once they heard the truth, overwhelmingly made their voices heard and protested this injustice.

In the end the Brazilian Federal judiciary applied the law correctly and sent Sean home without allowing further legal tricks which had been used for five years. The lessons we have learned since the beginning of the Bring Sean Home campaign are many. First and foremost is the power of the people to force our government to take pro-active action rather than simply file documents like “Paper Tigers.” Second, we have learned that one man can make a difference, Congressman Christopher Smith of New Jersey, who represents a different Congressional district than David’s, saw the first hour-long Dateline NBC report in January 2009 and immediately volunteered to personally help. Congressman Smith was relentless and stood by David to the very end, he is truly one of a kind and we are forever in his debt.

Our job is not over, the miracle return of Sean on Christmas Eve was not the end, it was the beginning for over 2,800 other American and Canadian children who have been abducted against their will and taken to foreign countries. You can join our thousands of supporters and help us get new legislation passed in Congress that will give the Federal government more tools to force the repatriation of American children. Here are just two facts, Sean Goldman was the first child ever to be returned from Brazil, not one child has ever been returned from Japan, not in 50 years, not a single child.

The number of international abductions of American children is out of control, increasing by about 60 percent in the last three years, and by about 40 percent in 2008 alone! Congressman Smith’s legislation, H.R. 3240 The International Child Abduction Prevention Act once made into law will change forever the way international abductions are treated, worldwide.

We also will begin a new campaign soon for one or more abducted children, we will need your help for that job as well. If you would like to learn more, enter your E-mail address in the box above and visit our Forums to see the work of our supporters.

Finally, none of this would have been possible without David Goldman’s fortitude and a Champion. BringSeanHome.org was started and has been led by Mark DeAngelis of New Jersey. Mark dedicated his full time to the campaign, seven days a week for over sixteen months. BringSeanHome.org was just five people in September 2008. We never imagined the time and effort needed to win Sean’s return, we never would have believed that we could reach as high as the Presidents of Brazil and the United States. We are still just five people but we are now over 75,000 people strong, Democracy works!

Bob D’Amico

NOTE: Read more about Congressman Smith’s work to help David Goldman, “2010 Best of Jersey” Unsung Hero – NJ Monthly Magazine