REPORT: US boy, 6, sends letter to Obama, asks to adopt Syrian refugee

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REPORT: US boy, 6, sends letter to Obama, asks to adopt Syrian refugee
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REPORT: US boy, 6, sends letter to Obama, asks to adopt Syrian refugee

A six-year-old boy from New York sent a letter to US President Barack Obama offering to take in Omran Daqneesh, a little boy who was injured after his home in Aleppo, Syria, was bombed.

 

In a handwritten letter sent to the White House, Alex, asked Obama to go and collect Omran and bring him to his house where "we will be waiting for you guys with flags, flowers, and balloons."

 
 

 

He also told him that they can park in the driveway or in the street.

 

"We will give him a family and he will be our brother," Alex wrote. "Catherine, my little sister, will be collecting butterflies and fireflies for him. In my school, I have a friend from Syria, Omar, and I will introduce him to Omar. We can all play together."

 

In response, Obama wrote on the White House's Facebook page:

 

"Those 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."

 

The president read from Alex's letter earlier this week when he spoke at the Leaders’ Summit on Refugees that took place alongside the UN General Assembly.

 
 
 
To watch the full report, please click on the video above.
 
 
 

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