Iraqis Buy Life Jackets for Trip to Euros Distant Shores
Sun Sep 20, 2015 16:00:38
Ali's friends told him to bring a life jacket, so the young Iraqi man headed to a Baghdad sports shop and bought a bright orange one with a whistle attached. He wore shorts and a T-shirt, but was not planning a vacation or a day at the beach. Ali intends to make the perilous sea journey to Europe that has claimed thousands of lives this year.