SEPTEMBER 2016 • Vol. 3, No. 9
He’s Alive!
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“I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen.” -Revelation 1:18a
Child’s Shocking Image Becomes Face of Syria’s Disastrous War; Brother Dies from Air Strike Injuries
By Jeremy Reynalds
DAMASCUS (ANS-August 21, 2016) -- It’s a video image that is touching hearts and minds around the world, one that refocuses attention on the Syrian civil war. Gary Lane of CBN News reported that rescuers pulled 5-year-old Omran Daqneesh from the rubble of his bombed out apartment building in Aleppo.
The images were captured by Aleppo Media Center, a group that has documented human rights atrocities committed by the Assad regime. They included the continued use of cluster bombs and chemical weapons despite President Barack Obama’s drawing of a red-line against their use three years ago.
Injured and in shock as a result of a Syrian government air strike, the boy wipes his brow and discovers that he is bleeding.
Under threat of U.S. air strikes, the Syrian government backed down and said it would either turn over, or destroy its chemi-
peace talks in Geneva
CNN by Kareem Khadder and Ralph Ellis reported that Ali Daqneesh, the 10 year old brother of Omran Daqneesh, nter) died Media Ce o p p le A ( aqneesh Saturday. Omran D center on one major issue: That’s according to cal weapons stockpile. Al- President Assad and his Yousef Saddiq, the directhough evidence suggests government being forced tor of the Aleppo Media the government is still usCenter. from power. ing the weapons, the U.S. has taken no action to stop Many people in Damascus Ali succumbed in an and, CBN said, Christians Aleppo field hospital the regime. included say they want from injuries sustained CBN said that fighting in the Wednesday air has intensified in Aleppo, Bashar Al Assad to stay. strike, Saddiq said. Syria’s second largest city But the opposition negowhere the government tiators meeting in Geneva “He was in critical conwants a victory against an- say there won’t be peace dition for the past three days and passed away ti-regime rebels. A major until he goes. win may lead to an end of That may cause the war to this morning,” CNN reported Saddiq said. “His the five-and-a half year old drag on for many monthsmother is still receiving war, and the suffering of -and maybe even years to medical care because she millions like little Omran. come. is also in critical condiBut on-again, off again Meanwhile, a story on tion.”
Illegal Gangster Immigrant loses legs but finds Jesus
for the metal stairs but the speed of the train pulled me,” Juan recounts. He couldn’t get his feet to land where they should.
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (ANS - August 25, 2016) He had a rough background in his youth. “I wasn’t going to any church. I was a gangster since I was 13. I grew up in that circle of drugs and alcohol and stealing, doing things that gangsters do, like fighting. After he turned 19 he went to his mother and announced: “I’m going to the U.S.”
which provided them a meal and clean clothes. They jumped back on the Juan Cruz train at 7:25 a.m., as a man yelled at them to get off. Alvaro told his brother, so Halfway through the Camp they jumped off and conPendleton Marine base, the sidered a place to hide. train suddenly stopped. But they looked around, Juan looked through the door and saw immigration agents coming, so they jumped off and ran to the beach. There were officers waiting at the beach.
didn’t see any immigration officers, and after a few minutes the train abruptly started moving again.
“I was hanging and my feet were flying in the air. I couldn’t stand the movement and I let go. My body came down and the train sucked me in. The train sucked my legs into the wheels and smashed them totally.” After he witnessed Juan fall beneath the train, Alvaro jumped off himself, rolled, hit his head, but didn’t break any bones.
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Jesus is Lord! er and attempted to pull him away from the tracks. The accident happened behind a Price Club warehouse (now Costco), next to a nursery. Ken, one of the owners of Seaside Growers Nursery, heard the screams and came running. He immediately saw the young immigrant bleeding to death. The Vietnam vet acted quickly, grabbed some wire and sticks and made a tourniquet to stop the bleeding. He stayed until paramedics and police came. With the massive loss of blood, Juan started to feel strange. “Alvaro,” he called out weakly, “tell mother I was sorry for being a mean person and ask her to forgive me for everything. Tell my brothers and sisters I’m sorry I was mean with them. Tell them I love them. I’m sorry because I’m going to go.”
The two brothers began to argue about whether they When he saw his broth“I hid in a big should stay for the night er’s legs had been severed by the massive wheels, he bush,” Juan says. or leave right away. didn’t know what to do. “I When they thought it “We better leave right was bleeding badly. I had was safe, Juan and his now,” Juan said. “What no legs. They were gone,” brother headed back to- if we get caught again? I Juan says. Alvaro grabbed his brothward the train. “There don’t want to risk it.” was an officer watching Finally Alvaro relented, Alvaro grabbed his broth- Continuation on page: 2 us with binoculars. He but the train had picked got in his truck and came But on April 5, 1990, they down to try to catch us.” up speed. “We ran as fast as we could to jump and made a successful crossing and decided they would The train started to grab a side ladder, but it is catch a freight train head- move, but they were able hard to run on the rocks. I to jump on. After a few was always looking to see ed to Los Angeles. miles, the train stopped where I could grab a side They got off the train in again in Capistrano stair,” Juan recalls. Oceanside and found their Beach. “They are trying way to a Christian mis- to set us up to catch us,” Alvaro leaped first and was able to get on. “I jumped The accident happened along this section of tracks sion near the train station, When they made it to Tijuana, they slept in an abandoned car in a junkyard on Avenida Revolución. They made several attempts to get across the border, but failed. “We were caught by immigration many times and put back,” he recounts.