These women are friends, sisters, moms, teachers, neighbors, students, business women - women we would cross paths with every day if they lived in our towns.
They live in Syria. They are the White Helmets. They are among the teams who rush toward the explosions rather than away. They are the women who find you amidst the chaos after a bombing, who rescue you. These women, they save lives every. single. day. They deny terrorists the power they vehemently seek by defying the odds, by rushing in rather than out, by saving the lives the terrorists senselessly seek to destroy.
These are the women I honor today. These are the women I am thankful for every day.
From Raed Saleh, head of the White Helmets, the Syrian Civil Defense:
"Barrel bombs - sometimes filled with chlorine - are the biggest killer of civilians in Syria today. Our unarmed and neutral rescue workers have saved more than 40,823 people from the attacks in Syria, but there are many we cannot reach. There are children trapped in rubble we cannot hear. For them, the UN Security Council must follow through on its demand made last year to stop the barrel bombs, by introducing a 'no-fly zone' if necessary."
To help thwart the attacks on civilians, please visit www.whitehelmets.org to sign the petition requesting Syria be a no-fly zone.
No comments:
Post a Comment