Words cannot do this image any justice. At best, one can say who this boy is and what happened minutes before he was captured on film, to explain why he looks the way he does.
Many times, it isn’t even possible to say those words while looking at such a picture. That’s exactly what happened to a CNN anchor who broke down on air while trying to give details about this boy, another victim of the civil war perpetrated by the Islamic State in Syria and surrounding countries.
The boy is Omran Daqneesh . He was being taken to hospital in an ambulance, after being pulled out from under the rubble of a building after terror airstrikes in Aleppo, Syria, last week. The terror strikes occurred in the rebel-held area of the Qaterji neighbourhood which has been besieged by air strikes in recent weeks, The Independent reported.
The British newspaper also said that Omran was one of 12 children to receive medical treatment after the airstrikes. Omran’s picture symbolizes the humanitarian crisis in Syria in the same way that the photo of toddler Aylan Qadri, lying face down, dead, on a Turkish beach, brough home to the world the seriouness of the war.
“There are no tears here. He doesn’t cry once. That boy is in total shock,” Boldaun said, her voice cracking and shaking as she goes on.
“What strikes me is, we shed tears, but there are no tears here. He doesn’t cry once. That boy is in total shock. Inside his home one moment, and the next – lost in the flurry and fury of war and chaos,” she goes on, uncaring that her eyes are full of tears, on film, and that the whole word can hear the anguish in her voice.
The CNN anchor said Omran is one of hundreds of thousands of children who are trying to escape war-torn Syria. The death toll of children, in five years of conflict in Aleppo alone, is 4,500.
“At least three people were killed in the bombing in his neighbourhood. This is Omran. He’s alive. We wanted you to know,” Boldaun concluded
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The death toll of children in five years of conflict in Aleppo alone is 4,500, The Independent wrote.
On the contrary this local media newsreader was chirpy and looked stupid to say the least. During Iraq invasion by US, small kids became victim of the Bush terrorism and I can never ever forget Becky Anderson’s (CNN)expression which without one word brought me to tears! I am sure she too would never forget that.
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