The photograph of a Syrian toddler whose tiny body washed up on a Turkish beach in Bodrum has stirred horror and outrage around the world on Thursday (Sept. 3).
Placarded across the front pages of most UK newspapers and sweeping
social media, the harrowing image of the inanimate baby boy lying face
down in the surf has been cited as a tragic symbol of Europe’s refugee crisis.
But like thousands of children, men and women often described in
generic and anonymous terms like “migrants” and “refugees,” this little
boy had a name, a family and a story.
News outlets in Turkey including Dogan News Agency
identified him as 3-year-old Aylan Kurdi. Wearing a red t-shirt, blue
shorts and sneakers, he lost his life when the boat he and his family
had boarded en route to Europe capsized off the Turkish coast on
Wednesday (Sept. 2).
Aylan was reportedly travelling with his 5 year-old brother Galip
and his parents to the Greek island of Kos. Galip and the mother, Rehan,
are said to have also drowned. The father, Abdullah, was found
semi-conscious and taken to hospital near Bodrum, according to Turkey’s
Sabah newspaper.
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Source: Euronews
NOTE: From The G-Man made an editorial decision not to publish the photo of the toddler's body lying on the beach.
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