Uprooted By Syria's War: 'Is There A Worse Way To Live Than This?' -- CNN
(CNN) -- Sharifa lost her foot when the Syrian jets swooped down and fired missiles at the house. Now the hijab-clad girl sits jaded in a dirty, hardscrabble displaced persons camp near Turkey, growing up fast, confused and far from home.
She needs crutches to move around and weeps for her lost limb. "I can't get it back," she said. But like many youth, Sharifa is resilient. She teaches the younger kids at the camp mosque and, inshallah, wants to go back to her home village and do it there.
Her life has been hijacked. She's consumed by hope and grief, determination and despair. "I just want to walk again," she says. "I just want to walk."
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Update: 'I just want to walk again': The tragic plight of refugee girl who lost her foot in Syrian airstrike as aid agency warns exodus will lead to 'staggering humanitarian crisis' -- Daily Mail
My Comment: In cases like this .... words always escape me.
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