Aug 17, 2016 – Covered in a thick layer of gray dust as blood ran down half of his face, one five-year-old Syrian boy sat in a bright orange ambulance chair, appearing completely detached from the horrific airstrike he just endured in Aleppo. <br /> <br />Omran Daqneesh — along with four other children, one woman and two men — was wounded by an airstrike ordered Wednesday night in the Qaterji neighborhood by the Russian military or Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces, The Telegraph reported. The dazed child’s photo, which has been widely circulated on Twitter since emerging, shows him seemingly unaware of the large gash in his forehead. <br /> <br />The image offers just a glimpse into the horrors plaguing Aleppo as it continues to suffer from airstrike after airstrike during the country’s gruesome civil war. <br /> <br />Omran’s intense and bloody rescue was captured by the Aleppo Media Center. The footage shows rescuers pulling the unengaged boy from a pile of rubble, remains from a house that now stands in ruin. He is seen sitting with a blank stare while others slowly hobble out of the wreckage. <br /> <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cfBmRW3isc <br /> <br />The child is never seen crying, but at one point reaches up to feel the wound on his forehead. After staring at his small blood-soaked hand for a short moment, he tries to wipe evidence of the pain away on the seat. <br />http://marygreeley.com/?page_id=34567
