Monday, February 3, 2014

Boys going into war in Sudan: Reagan Leslie

A boy named Jacob Atem's parents died of war for freedom and independence when he was young. Later in life, he realized him and the other orphaned children (or also known the "Lost Boys"," were traveling thousands of miles across Sudan. Two years ago, Jacob returned to the new and improved nation of Sudan, where they opened a clinic of where he was born. The problem was, the country suffered another conflict and Jacob, (28 years old now), was apart of some deadly clashes himself. He has had to hide from the rebels going after him, he watched as the American aircraft came to rescue him and took him to a United Nations compound. Atem believes that he got lucky because he makes it onto a humanitarian flight and got away from the massive fighting. I really give props to Jacob and the Lost Boys because they showed that nothing is impossible as long as you work for it. This is a life motto not only in a life-death situation, but throughout your whole life.

3 comments:

  1. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/06/world/africa/sudans-lost-boys-are-drawn-into-war-at-home.html?ref=africa

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  2. Glad he is ok and that it is starting to get better!!

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  3. It is really scary that kids have to go through stuff like this.

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