Aylan Kurdi: The Boy Whose Picture Broke the World’s Heart

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.