Washington: In an exceptionally kind gesture, a six-year-old boy from New York wrote a touching letter to President Barack Obama, requesting him to bring a Syrian refugee, Omran Daqneesh, to America.
Alex wrote the letter to Obama after he saw Omran's bloodied and dazed photograph in war-torn Syria. Five-year-old Omran was injured after an August airstrike hit the rebel-held eastern Aleppo where he lived with his family. Although Omran survived the blast, his family was killed in the airstrike.
In his letter addressed to Obama, Alex wrote, "Dear President Obama, remember the boy who was picked up by the ambulance in Syria?"
Alex said that he wanted to make Omran a part of his family and that he and his younger sister Catherine would like to play with him.
He also went on to say that Catherine would collect butterflies and fireflies for Omran when he comes to America.
The letter written by Alex to Barack Obama. (Photo: White House)
His letter reads as follows,
"Dear President Obama,
Remember the boy who was picked up by the ambulance in Syria? Can you please go get him and bring him to [my home]? Park in the driveway or on the street and we will be waiting for you guys with flags, flowers, and balloons. We will give him a family and he will be our brother. 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. We can invite him to birthday parties and he will teach us another language. We can teach him English too, just like my friend Aoto from Japan.
Please tell him that his brother will be Alex who is a very kind boy, just like him. Since he won't bring toys and doesn't have toys Catherine will share her big blue stripy white bunny. And I will share my bike and I will teach him how to ride it. I will teach him additions and subtractions in math. And he [can] smell Catherine's lip gloss penguin which is green. She doesn't let anyone touch it.
Thank you very much! I can't wait for you to come!
Alex
Six years old"
