When he was a child, he and his sisters were taken out of their
mother's home and placed in foster care due to their mother's
affliction with schizophrenia. For several years, he was moved back and
forth between many different homes before finally settling with a
foster family in Covina, California. When
Rosie O'Donnell heard his story, she
had him flown to New York to appear in a "Superkid" segment on her talk
show.