Tasneem Sharif Abbas, 16, flew with her sister to the US, where doctors awaited and volunteers cheered their arrival<\/p>\n
Dozens of people across the world were in non-stop communication for several months to arrange the arrival of Tasneem Sharif Abbas to the US. Abbas\u2019s entire life changed when a bomb dropped on her family\u2019s home in Gaza on 31 October 2023. A piece of metal severed her arm and she blacked out as rubble fell on her. Soon after, her arm was amputated at a local Gaza hospital. \u201cThis is not a movie or a fictional story. This is the reality I have lived,\u201d Abbas said in a statement. \u201cThis is just a glimpse of the dark days that have turned my life into a nightmare.\u201d<\/p>\n
Last year, the 16-year-old and an accompanying guardian, her adult sister Ashjan who is not injured, evacuated to Egypt, where they spent several months aboard a medical ship. The journey to fit Abbas with a prosthetic arm began with a 24-hour-flight from Cairo to New York, where volunteers met them in the airport during a several-hour layover. \u201cThe only time there was uncertainty was in the visa process,\u201d said Raghed Ahmed, vice-president of the Philadelphia chapter of the Palestine Children\u2019s Relief Fund (PCRF), a non-profit that has provided medical care to Middle Eastern kids since the 1990s. The group also facilitated the sisters\u2019 travel. \u201cWe weren\u2019t sure if it would take two weeks or six months, but her visa was approved in a couple of weeks,\u201d Ahmed said.<\/p>\n
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