Image of Syrian boy rescued from Aleppo rubble will break your heart
Syrian opposition activists have released haunting footage showing a young boy rescued from the rubble in the aftermath of a devastating airstrike in Aleppo.
The image of the stunned and weary looking boy, sitting in an orange chair inside an ambulance covered in dust and with blood on his face, encapsulates the horrors inflicted on the conflicted northern city and is being widely shared on social media.
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| Haunting image of Syrian boy rescued from Aleppo rubble |
Doctor in Aleppo identified the boy as 5-year-old Omran Daqneesh. Osama Abu al-Ezz confirmed he was brought to the hospital known as "M10" Wednesday night following an airstrike on the rebel-held district of Qaterji with head wounds, but no brain injury, and was later discharged.
In the video posted late Wednesday by the Aleppo Media Center, a man is seen carrying the boy inside the ambulance, looking dazed and flat-eyed.
Opposition activists said there were eight casualties overall from the air strike on Qaterji, among them five children.
This picture of a wounded Syrian boy captures just a fragment of the horrors of #Aleppo : https://t.co/fzhyOrGJRQ pic.twitter.com/yfO7imauQO
— Raf Sanchez (@rafsanchez) August 17, 2016
His name is Omar Daqneesh and he is 5. Here he is after treatment by some extraordinarily brave doctors in #Aleppo. pic.twitter.com/7WT4oMqExK
— Raf Sanchez (@rafsanchez) August 17, 2016
The image of Omran in the orange chair is reminiscent of the image of Aylan Kurdi, the drowned Syrian boy whose body was found on a beach in Turkey and came to encapsulate the horrific toll of Syria's civil war.