The situation fueled by horrifying violence in Syria doesn't seem to be changing soon and is deteriorating further after chemical attacks on civilians and bombing by US in response. Meanwhile terrorist organisations like the Islamic State continue to target innocent people in ghastly bombings.
Heartbreaking images like that of Aylan Kurdi and Omran Daqneesh have shaken the internet in the past years, as journalists continue to bring out the suffering of innocent civilians. Now another image of a photographer putting humanity first to save children during a suicide bombing is spreading hope on the internet.
@Marvel has some great heroes but none of them have achieved this level. #syrianchildren #AbdAlkaderHabak #travelban pic.twitter.com/ckhXfORtTI
— Marcus Darpino (@MarcusDarpino) April 18, 2017
The image garnered praise on social media and was followed by another where the same photographer can be seen overwhelmed by emotions and breaking down in front of a child’s charred body.
Devastating photo @AbdHabak - Syrian videographer next to the charred body of a child. 39 children out of 70 killed by suicide bomber #syria pic.twitter.com/u3KTNo6vRl
— Ala'a Shehabi (@alaashehabi) April 15, 2017
His actions garnered a lot of appreciation on social media as people went on to call him a hero.
@AbdHabak I don't know you, we will probably never meet but what you have done today made me proud of being human. thank you.
— Francois Randazzo (@F_Randazzo) April 16, 2017
#AbdAlkaderHabak is a heroe
— DubraskaEsteves (@DubraskaEsteves) April 17, 2017
The incident took place after a bomb attacks on buses killed 126 people and the photographer was identified as Abd Alkader Habak who told CNN that the sight of children crying out was so horrifying that him and fellow photographers decided to put cameras aside and help them.
