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brooklynite

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Mon Nov 21, 2016, 08:32 PM Nov 2016

'Will I die, miss?' Terrified Syrian boy suffers suspected gas attack

Source: CNN

(CNN)"Will I die, miss? Will I die?"

These are the words of a terrified young Syrian boy, apparently hit by a chemical attack as Syria's gruesome five-year war rages on.

In a video posted online by the Syria Charity which is based in France, the boy wails in pain and fear as medical staff at an eastern Aleppo hospital try to console him and tell him that no, he won't die.

"I was watching warplanes," explained the boy, who looked no older than 10.

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"It dropped something, I saw yellow smoke. I felt something and then they grabbed me [and took me] to the hospital," he said, adding that he'd lost track of his siblings in the attack.



Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/21/middleeast/aleppo-boy-chemical-attack/index.html?sr=twCNN112116syria-aleppo-bombing-deaths1156PMVODtopVideo&linkId=31419143



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'Will I die, miss?' Terrified Syrian boy suffers suspected gas attack (Original Post) brooklynite Nov 2016 OP
My heart is broken over the horrible, horrific, savage cruelty in Syria. democrank Nov 2016 #1

democrank

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1. My heart is broken over the horrible, horrific, savage cruelty in Syria.
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 10:42 PM
Nov 2016

These poor children....and others....must be so traumatized. I cry every time I hear of something like this. What can we do?

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