{"id":44827,"date":"2016-02-19T08:43:36","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T08:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/just2093.temp.domains\/~tqmoaseu\/an-old-syrian-womans-trip-across-rough-seas\/"},"modified":"2022-07-09T17:15:16","modified_gmt":"2022-07-09T17:15:16","slug":"an-old-syrian-womans-trip-across-rough-seas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moas.eu\/de\/an-old-syrian-womans-trip-across-rough-seas\/","title":{"rendered":"An old Syrian woman&#8217;s trip across rough seas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>On the evening of February 10th, the Hellenic coast guard asked MOAS to transfer 148 refugees, who were stranded on the island of Farmakonisi, in the Aegean sea. MOAS media officer Zane Dedlow remembers an encounter with an older Syrian woman.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The wind was lashing out at 13\/20 knots with waves at 1.5 meters high. The <em>MOAS Responder<\/em> headed towards the island immediately. We had to use the high-speed rescue vessels since the island has no port where the ship could berth.<\/p>\n<p>Once onboard, the refugees asked us for food and some mothers asked for baby food for their toddlers. They claimed to not have had any food for two days.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Among them I noticed an old Syrian woman who just lay on the floor.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She had very rough hands, I imagine from a life of work looking after a home she has been forced to flee.<\/p>\n<p>And now here she was, in the middle of the Aegean sea on a rough night. I looked at her and thought this is no place for an old lady, she doesn\u2019t want to be here. <strong>She just lay there with her eyes wide open while other people cried around her.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10362 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.moas.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/syrianwomanold.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Trying to get this tiny Syrian woman onto the boat had been difficult because she was so weak. Her eyes reminded me of a little child\u2019s eyes. She had the same look on her face that children have when they don\u2019t know what\u2019s going on or why something is happening.<\/p>\n<p>The boat was rocking a lot in the rough weather and all she had with her was a little bag, that\u2019s it. Her whole life in this single moment packed in one small bag. She looked so helpless.<\/p>\n<p>I kept thinking this was my grandmother I was looking at. <strong>Can you imagine your grandmother crossing the rough seas?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;What we are witnessing in the Aegean Sea is even more horrendous than what we experienced in the Mediterranean. Due to the shorter distances, smugglers take increased risks at the expense of the refugees, often giving them worthless lifejackets and inflatable boats that simply cannot reach shore. Despite worsening weather conditions, refugees continue to make the desperate crossing, many times finding themselves washed onto jagged rocks and sustaining serious injuries,\u201d said MOAS founder Christopher Catrambone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There were two rescues the night MOAS saved this woman. A total of 62 people, including 17 children and 3 infants under the age of one are now safe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ever since we disembarked her and the rest of the refugees in Leros, I can\u2019t stop picturing her face. 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