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geardaddy

(24,926 posts)
Thu Sep 22, 2016, 02:21 PM Sep 2016

New York kid, 6, invites Syrian boy to live with him prompting emotional response from President Bar

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/new-york-kid-6-asks-obama-syrian-boy-live-article-1.2801963
SEE IT: New York kid, 6, invites Syrian boy to live with him prompting emotional response from President Barack Obama

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A 6-year-old New York boy's plea to have a Syrian refugee brought to live with him made it all the way to the White House.

In a heartfelt handwritten note addressed to President Obama, Alex, of Scarsdale, asks if Omran Daqneesh, the 5-year-old Syrian boy who was pictured in the back of an ambulance looking bloodied and dazed, could come live with him.

Alex felt compelled to send the letter after seeing the photos of Omran that shocked the world last month.

Alex writes to the president, “We can all play together. We will give him a family and he will be our brother.”


Bloodied Syrian boy now the napalm child of this generation


The POTUS shared Alex's letter at the United Nations summit on refugees this week.




I think there is something in my eye.
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New York kid, 6, invites Syrian boy to live with him prompting emotional response from President Bar (Original Post) geardaddy Sep 2016 OP
Epic kick Blue_Tires Sep 2016 #1
Thank you! geardaddy Sep 2016 #2
I know I have something in my eyes. Farmgirl1961 Sep 2016 #3
Such a Heartwarming Story; Thanks for Posting DarthDem Sep 2016 #4
K&R for good people uppityperson Sep 2016 #5
Damn I got something in my eye. Botany Sep 2016 #6
I hate it when my eyes get all sweaty. 11 Bravo Sep 2016 #7
And the children shall lead. calimary Sep 2016 #8
Love trumps hate. gademocrat7 Sep 2016 #9
Awww - What a sweet kid! smirkymonkey Sep 2016 #10
Just saw him on the news malaise Sep 2016 #11
Yes a big ol boulder in my eye madokie Sep 2016 #12

Botany

(70,503 posts)
6. Damn I got something in my eye.
Thu Sep 22, 2016, 03:19 PM
Sep 2016

I'll take a President Obama and young Mr. Alex any day of the week and they will
make me forget that awful orange man.

madokie

(51,076 posts)
12. Yes a big ol boulder in my eye
Thu Sep 22, 2016, 07:16 PM
Sep 2016

I so want this world to change for the better. I've enough of this strife to last me two or three more lifetimes.

come on People we can do better than we're doing now. Lets talk not fight is what I think

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