VIDEO: Man Cries After Rescuing Newborn From Syria Bombing Site

By Dustin Siggins Published on October 2, 2016

The hours-long rescue of a month-old baby from rubble after an airstrike in Syria led one rescuer to sob in what ABC News reports was relief and joy at the child’s survival.

In an emotional video, the rescue worker cries as he embraces the baby. He says in the video that the baby had been under the rubble for about two hours but didn’t have any wounds.

“Oh God, oh God,” he says between sobs in a video released by the Syrian Civil Defense, known as the White Helmets, a group of unarmed, nonpartisan rescue workers in Syria.

“Thank God, she doesn’t have one wound, no wounds at all,” the rescue worker says in the video. “Thank God. When I carried her I felt like she was my daughter. The guys and I, the team that worked with me, we were three or four who took her out and then I carried her on my own and brought her to the hospital. I felt like she was my daughter. I hugged her tight. She moved me deeply.”

 

The White Helmets, created after the Syrian war shredded the nation’s populace and created millions of domestic and international refugees, were nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2015. CNN profiled the group, which as of May 2015 had saved 18,000 people and had 2,600 members, including some women.

In addition to capturing the attention of the United Nations, international aid groups and major military and terrorist groups, the Syrian war has produced compelling videos of war victims. One child’s rescue earlier this year led to tremendous international coverage, as did doctors’ successful efforts to save the lives of a mother and her unborn child.

The years-long Syrian conflict has been the center of a number of international military efforts. In addition to the war between the Syrian government and rebels, the U.S. and Russia have launched airstrikes and provided other support, sometimes at odds with each other. International terrorist groups are frequently part of pitched battles, and minority groups like the Kurds have been involved in conflicts. Turkey, which shares a border with Syria, has also involved its military.

A recent cease-fire negotiated by the U.S. and Russia has not halted bombings and other clashes.

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