"I went out with my mother to look for him. There was a lot of dust, I couldn’t breathe. My Mum was screaming… people were crying and there was lots of blood.”. 10 year old Dima and her family were in a queue of cars waiting to legally cross the border into Lebanon – and escape the violence in Syria. A month earlier their home had been destroyed by another rocket. Her Dad had got out to see what the hold up in the convoy was. Now he lay dead. “I recognised him from his boots. His face was covered in blood. My Mum was shaking him. I didn’t know what to do, I only felt my heart was beating faster than ever.” Dima’s mother and her five children were terrified and feared further attacks. They were forced to leave his dead body by the roadside. “I couldn’t even bury my husband ... I will never forgive myself.” her mother says through her tears.
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"I went out with my mother to look for him. There was a lot of dust, I couldn’t breathe. My Mum was screaming… people were crying and there was lots of blood.”. 10 year old Dima and her family were in a queue of cars waiting to legally cross the border into Lebanon – and escape the violence in Syria. A month earlier their home had been destroyed by another rocket. Her Dad had got out to see what the hold up in the convoy was. Now he lay dead. “I recognised him from his boots. His face was covered in blood. My Mum was shaking him. I didn’t know what to do, I only felt my heart was beating faster than ever.” Dima’s mother and her five children were terrified and feared further attacks. They were forced to leave his dead body by the roadside. “I couldn’t even bury my husband ... I will never forgive myself.” her mother says through her tears.
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