Screen grab from Twitter/@AlabedBana
Technology has surely been used for fallacious purposes as of late, but when handled by those with the purest of intentions, it holds the power to save lives.
A 7-year-old girl has finally been rescued from her war-torn home in Aleppo, Syria after documenting her everyday struggles on Twitter.
Since September, Bana Alabed has been live-tweeting her experience, living through air strikes in the war-weary city, which started with a simple tweet that read, “I need peace.”
Screen Grab from Twitter/@AlabedBana
After months of sharing her dire situation, she was finally rescued on Monday along with her mother Fatema, according to a New York Mag report.
The youngster was reportedly unable to understand why the world seemed to be ignoring her struggles, and to give her daughter a voice, Fatemah decided to create a Twitter account for her.
Soon enough, her gut-wrenching posts—which highlighted the unjust loss of innocence that children experience during times of war—has reached over 343,000 followers.
She also tweeted about her desire to go to school like a normal child and her wish to safely escape.
Screen Grab from Twitter/@AlabedBana
At last, her plea was answered when the president of the Syrian American Medical Society posted a photo of Bana with a medical worker, showing her successful escape.
.@AlabedBana and many children arrived to #Aleppo countryside. @sams_usa @UOSSM and partners arr coordinating the response plan there. pic.twitter.com/k3iAohYbFY
— Ahmad Tarakji, MD (@tarakjiahmad) December 19, 2016
Bana and her mother are currently in the countryside west of Aleppo, along with other children rescued from the former opposition enclave of eastern Aleppo. Khristian Ibarrola
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