In August, 2016, six year old Alex, who lives in Scarsdale, New York watched with the world and saw the images of Omran Daqneesh, a five-year-old boy in Aleppo, Syria, sitting in an ambulance, in shock as he tried to wipe the blood from his hands.
Alex sent a letter to President Barack Obama, saying that he’d like the little boy to come stay with his family. He said in his letter that, “he wanted to share his bike, and teach him how to ride. He said his little sister would collect butterflies for him.”
At the United Nations summit on refugees, President Obama read that letter to the world.
In a video shared on the White House’s Twitter account, young Alex is seen visiting the President with his family in the Oval Office. .
See below:
Letter Alex wrote to President Obama
President Obama reads Alex’s letter at the United Nations
Alex meets President Obama
This 6-year-old boy, who wrote a letter to Obama offering a new home to a Syrian refugee, just got to meet the president. pic.twitter.com/dve7aTzlsS
— Mic (@mic) November 19, 2016
Such heart, such kindness, such courage.
