A six-year-old American boy wrote to President Obama asking if the little Syrian boy can come live with his family

A six-year-old American boy wrote to President Obama asking if the little Syrian boy – whose face become an iconic image of the horrific toll of the conflict in Syria – could

come and live with his family.

 

The heart-breaking picture of five-year-old Omran Daqdeesh, covered in blood and dust after his house in Aleppo was destroyed in a blast, struck a chord with people around the world last month – including a boy called Alex, who lives in Scarsdale, New York. Alex wrote to Obama to offer his home to Omran saying: ‘We will give him a family and he will be our brother.’

On Wednesday night, Obama posted a video that showed Alex reading his letter out loud – and it quickly went viral, attracting more than 13million views in a day.

‘Dear President Obama, remember the boy who was picked up by the ambulance in Syria?’ Alex says in the video.

‘Can you please pick go get him and bring him to our home?’

He adds: ‘We will give him a family and he will be our brother.’

Alex also mentions that he has a friend called Omar from Syria and they ‘can all play together.’

Alongside the video on Facebook, Obama wrote: ‘These are the words of a six-year-old boy - a young child who has not learned to be cynical or suspicious or fearful of other people because of where they come from, how they look, or how they pray.

‘We should all be more like Alex. Imagine what the world would look like if we were. Imagine the suffering we could ease and the lives we could save.’

Obama also mentioned Alex’s letter during a speech at the United Nations summit where the world leaders have gathered to discuss what they could do to solve the global refugee crisis this week.

‘He teaches us a lot,’ Obama said.

‘The humanity that a young child can display, who hasn’t learned to be cynical, or suspicious, or fearful of other people because of where they’re from, or how they look, or how they pray, and who just understands the notion of treating somebody that is like him with compassion, with kindness.

‘We can all learn from Alex.’

 

 

   

Source: Daily Mail