Sedih Soal Suriah, Bocah Enam Tahun Tulis Surat ke Obama

VIVA.co.id – Seorang anak Amerika, berusia enam tahun menulis surat pada Presiden Barack Obama. Ia meminta, agar Obama membawa bocah Suriah, yang sedang duduk di ambulans ke Amerika.

Foto seorang bocah Suriah, Omran Daqneesh, yang duduk dalam ambulans dalam kondisi bersimbah debu dan darah, yang meluas menjadi viral, ternyata mengusik ketenangan Alex, seorang anak berusia enam tahun yang tinggal di Scarsdale, New York.

Alex lalu menulis surat untuk Presiden Obama, dan meminta Presiden melakukan sesuatu pada Omran Daqneesh.

Melalui suratnya, Alex mengatakan, ia dan saudara perempuannya ingin berbagai mainan pada Omran, dan ia akan mengajarkan Omran bahasa Inggris, juga pelajaran matematika. "Ia akan menjadi saudara kami," ujarnya, seperti dikutip dari Middle East Monitor.

Surat tersebut mendapat respons dari Obama. Saat menyampaikan pidatonya di PBB, Obama membacakan surat tersebut. "Ini adalah surat dari seorang anak berusia enam tahun. Seorang anak yang masih sangat lugu, yang belum mengetahui kesinisan, kecurigaan, atau rasa takut pada orang lain karena asal orang tersebut, atau bagaimana orang lain terlihat, atau berdoa," ujar Obama.

Ini isi lengkap surat bocah tersebut:

Dear President Obama,

Remember the boy who was picked up by the ambulance in Syria? Can you please go get him and bring him to [my home]? Park in the driveway or on the street and we will be waiting for you guys with flags, flowers, and balloons. We will give him a family and he will be our brother. Catherine, my little sister, will be collecting butterflies and fireflies for him. In my school, I have a friend from Syria, Omar, and I will introduce him to Omar. We can all play together. We can invite him to birthday parties and he will teach us another language. We can teach him English too, just like my friend Aoto from Japan.

Please tell him that his brother will be Alex who is a very kind boy, just like him. Since he won’t bring toys and doesn’t have toys Catherine will share her big blue stripy white bunny. And I will share my bike and I will teach him how to ride it. I will teach him additions and subtractions in math. And he [can] smell Catherine’s lip gloss penguin which is green. She doesn’t let anyone touch it.

Thank you very much! I can’t wait for you to come!

Alex
6 years old

(asp)

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Remember the boy who was picked up by the ambulance in Syria? Can you please go get him and bring him to [my home]? Park in the driveway or on the street and we will be waiting for you guys with flags, flowers, and balloons. We will give him a family and he will be our brother. Catherine, my little sister, will be collecting butterflies and fireflies for him. In my school, I have a friend from Syria, Omar, and I will introduce him to Omar. We can all play together. We can invite him to birthday parties and he will teach us another language. We can teach him English too, just like my friend Aoto from Japan.