An epic story of a family that survived in Mosul
An epic story of a family that survived in Mosul
2017/7/31 11:46
[Ayna – Follow-up]
An Iraqi family survived a miracle after being trapped under the rubble for twenty-one days in the city of Mosul because it could not be saved due to the fierce fighting between the security forces and the terrorists.
The house, which was inhabited by the family, was subjected to a raid by the International Alliance against Daqash, and the family has since been stuck in the midst of the destruction, the Telegraph newspaper reported.
The head of the family, Walid Ibrahim Khalil, was in the entrance to Bab al-Bayt during the bombing of the old city of Mosul on June 30, throwing him away while his wife remained with two of his sons and three children and two grandchildren under the rubble.
The 46-year-old Khalil asked the rescue teams every day to help him save his family, but the presence of snipers in the area made the operation impossible.
The man carried plastic bags every morning to extract the bodies of his family and bury them, thinking that the whole family had died.
But the surprise that Khalil did not expect was that the eight people buried by the rubble were still alive, contrary to what was expected.
Khalil’s wife said: “We did not scream for help, because we were afraid of a terrorist being called abroad.”
“We thought everyone had died, especially since we did not hear a voice at any time, and the smell of the bodies was soaked,” she said.
“We cooked it on a gas stove, and none of us got more than three spoons a day. I can not describe the hunger we felt,” he said.
The water bottles the family received from the well were dirty and had to be mixed with chlorine until they became drinkable.
Light penetrated the house through a small window, and the family made an effort to get through the ruins to sleep, especially for young children.
Adding to the suffering of the Iraqi family, the heat in the summer, in the city of Mosul, to about 50 degrees Celsius.
“I saw my son Muhammad at first sight. I could not believe my eyes, pulled him to me, then I hugged him to my chest and I did not leave him behind,” the father says of the moment he snatched his son from the rubble.
alliraqnews.com
