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| Ahmad Al-Khaldi, who came to Moose Jaw from Syria with his wife and their three daughters, participates in a round dance at the Indigenous Welcome for Syrian refugees celebration on Feb. 29, 2016 at Mosaic Place. Lisa Goudy/Times-Herald |
By Lisa Goudy
A few years ago, Ahmad Al-Khaldi fled his apartment building with his family in Syria.
Two or three days after he left, the building was bombed.
"We're very, very lucky," he said. "The building contained about 15 apartments. The whole building crashed. There were three families in it. I fled before the bombing two days or three days. We're very, very lucky."
Al-Khaldi, along with his wife and their three daughters, are originally from Damascus, Syria's capital and life there wasn't safe.
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| A group of Syrian refugees take part in a Syrian dance at the Indigenous Welcome for Syrian refugees celebration on Feb. 29, 2016. Lisa Goudy/Times-Herald |
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