The White Helmets Page #2

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Six buildings...

I feel cold.

There is no war here.

No devastation.

No destruction.

Just by crossing a border,

it's so strange

how the situation can change.

If this was in Syria,

it would have been dropping

cluster bombs from that height.

We see so many cluster bombs.

Really?

It would not drop barrel bombs,

because they want to cause more harm.

There is a sound...

We can now differentiate between the sound

of military and civilian aircraft.

Take shelter, hero!

Where would I take shelter

in this building?

If a barrel bomb fell here,

it would destroy the whole building!

My son is almost two years old.

He knows all about the war planes.

When planes fly over

and there's an air strike...

my son jumps up on my lap and says,

"Daddy, a bomb."

Now you will learn

how you can give

a practical lesson to the trainees

about putting out fires.

What is the most important thing?

Safety.

The suffering of civilians

has entered a new chapter

with Russia's air campaign.

There are record levels of shelling,

especially over Aleppo.

I am telling you,

about 200 air raids a day,

and the new rockets

are not like the old ones.

Two hundred air raids a day?

And every rocket

is ruining a full neighborhood.

"You, White Helmets, you are heroes.

May God protect you."

I am really worried,

but I trust in God to protect my family

and my colleagues.

His brother is under the rubble,

but his condition is not known yet.

Three people

are still under the rubble.

Him and two of his colleagues.

They were able to pull one out.

There were four

in the hospital laboratory.

They got one out,

but three are left.

They just sent an announcement

with their names.

I want him to cry.

It's better.

I was in a situation similar to Abu Zaid.

My brother was killed

five months ago.

I had a training course

like this one in Istanbul.

I went there and arrived in the morning.

You know, it's a long way.

I slept a few hours.

When I awoke, I asked my friend

to open the Internet for me,

as I didn't know how.

I had my brother's phone at the time.

I got online

and saw my brother's photo. Dead.

It was the first photo I had looked at.

What's next, Ibrahim?

We've stopped.

Done for the day.

We're not able to do any work.

- Emotionally, we can't.

- Yes, right.

We've just got two women out, alive.

Do you understand me?

And we got out Allaa Al-Halak

and another one with him, dead.

Are you just listening

or are you speaking with him?

You talk with him, Abu Bashir.

Oh, Hamid.

Can you hear me?

I'm Abu Bashir.

Tell us the news.

Has Abu Karmu been killed

or have you pulled him out alive?

Just tell us.

His brother is confused

and does not know what to do.

Abu Bashir, just be patient

for 30 minutes more,

and then call me back.

I just spoke with the guys

to find out if people are still alive.

Listen to me.

There were two killed.

He understood from you

that he is dead.

Your brother is our brother.

God bless him.

So you still haven't got him out?

Nothing is clear yet.

Thanks, brother,

and please do your best.

I know we don't need to tell you,

but you are real heroes.

Today, they hit all the hospitals...

in Aleppo and in Idlib.

Now their targets are the hospitals.

Are these today's victims

from the hospital?

Updated nine minutes ago.

His name is among them.

Tomorrow will be better.

We are always optimistic

that what's to come is better.

Justice will prevail one day.

Without hope, what good is life?

People will die without hope.

It's a feeling of happiness.

True happiness, you have to

experience it to understand.

An indescribable happiness.

A baby that I haven't seen

for a year and a half.

His is a very precious life.

Do you know the feeling that you get

when you plant a small seed

and it grows into a beautiful bush?

That's how we feel

that this baby is still alive

thanks to God and to our work.

We feel very proud.

Thank God he's alive and doing well.

I've learned many lessons

from baby Mahmoud.

Patience, persistence, hard work...

and never to lose hope.

If a person is destined to live,

no matter what happens,

they will live.

I have a lot of hopes

for my own daughter.

I have a lot of dreams

for her, actually.

When I come back from work

and I pick her up...

I look at her and I'm very sad

about the fate of children

who lost their lives during the shelling.

But, at the same time,

I wish for her to fulfill her dreams...

and grow up to be

many, many years old.

Every morning, I wake up

and do this work because it's my duty,

my humanitarian duty.

I will never quit

as long as I'm still alive.

I'm willing to sacrifice my soul

for the sake of the people.

This job is sacred.

I am just trying to do something

for the people

and for my country.

In the White Helmets,

we have a motto...

"To save a life

is to save all of humanity."

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