Khaled Omar Harrah

Khaled Omar Harrah (died 11 August 2016) was a Syrian man who volunteered for the Syrian Civil Defense Force, known as the White Helmets, an organization dedicated to providing humanitarian assistance.

He was a painter and decorator when the war in Syria broke out. [1][2] He rose to international fame in June 2014 after he rescued a baby trapped in a building destroyed after an air strike in Aleppo,[1][3] an act which gave him the nickname "the hero of Aleppo". The rescue was caught on video and viewed around the world.[4]

The documentary film director Feras Fayyad dedicated his 2017 documentary Last Men in Aleppo, which chronicles the search-and-rescue missions of Aleppo's White Helmets, to him.

At age 31, August 11, 2016, he was killed in an airstrike,[4] leaving behind a wife and two daughters. [1][5] In 2017 Politico listed him as one of the 28 people "shaping, shaking and stirring Europe".[6][7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kennedy, Merrit (13 August 2016). "The Volunteer Who Rescued Syria's 'Miracle Baby' Is Killed In Aleppo". NPR. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Westcott, Lucy (12 August 2016). "Khaled Omar Harah, Syrian 'Miracle Baby' Rescuer, Killed in Aleppo". Newsweek. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Smith, Hannah Lucinda (13 August 2016). "Airstrike kills rescue worker who saved baby in Aleppo". The Times. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  4. 1 2 Baumstieger, Moritz (13 August 2016). "Syrien - Der Held von Aleppo ist tot". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  5. ↑ Westcott, Lucy (12 August 2016). "Khaled Omar Harah, Syrian 'Miracle Baby' Rescuer, Killed in Aleppo". Newsweek. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Khaled Omar Harrah: The First Responder". Politico.
  7. ↑ "Magazin wählt Petry und Erdogan zu den 'Denkern und Machern 2017'". Rheinische Post (in German). 7 December 2016.
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