Six-year-old offers his home to the Syrian boy in the ambulance in letter to Obama
A six-year-old boy in America has written a powerful letter to President Obama offering his home to a Syrian refugee.
Alex, from New York, wrote the letter after seeing the widely-shared photo of Omran Daqneesh, as he sat dazed in an ambulance after an airstrike in Aleppo.
"Dear President Obama, remember the boy who was picked up by the ambulance in Syria?" Alex wrote in the letter published by the White House.
"Can you please go get him and bring him to our home... we'll be waiting for you guys with flags, flowers and balloons. We will give him a family and he will be our brother."
Obama read the letter when he spoke at the UN refugee summit earlier this week and has since shared a video of Alex himself reading it on his social media, saying:
"Those are the words of a six-year-old boy -- a young child who has not learned to be cynical or suspicious or fearful of other people because of where they come from, how they look, or how they pray.
"We should all be more like Alex. Imagine what the world would look like if we were. Imagine the suffering we could ease and the lives we could save."
And the six-year-olds words have gone viral, with many saying they have been inspired by them. The video has been watched more than 5 million times on Facebook alone.
"A six year old who has more humanity, love, and understanding than most adults. Kudos to his parents and I know the world will see more great things coming from Alex."
