How 7 People Found Hope and Refuge in America


	How 7 People Found Hope and Refuge in America

infidel70

3-11-2009 6:35 AM

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infidel70 says:

They fled in the dark, hid in black holes, and ran from bullets. Seven remarkable men and women tell how Nazis, Pol Pot, and the monsters of Darfur could not keep them from freedom.

Daoud Hari
Age 35 / From Sudan
Arrived here in 2007

Immaculée Ilibagiza
Age 39 / From Rwanda
Arrived here in 1998

Sherma Ssaif
Age 37 / From Iran
Arrived here in 1987

Timothy Chhim
Age 54 / From Cambodia
Arrived here in 1976

Henry L. Fernandez
Age 52 / From Cuba
Arrived here in 1966

Steve Reger
Age 69 / From Hungary
Arrived here in 1957

Charlene Schiff
Age 79 / From Poland
Arrived here in 1948

You can read their stories - at Reader's Digest: http://www.rd.com/your-america-inspiring-people-and-stories/how-7-people-found-hope-and-refuge-in-america/article122315.html

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3-11-2009 9:37 AM

bignosemousie

Thanks so much for this clip. I love reading stories like these. I wish I could pop this more than once.

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