Quelle: The Independent
The ex-swimmer trained for nearly every day with a coach in the sea off the coast of Beirut to make the crossing
by John Hall
A desperate Syrian refugee has revealed how he braved massive waves and deadly currents to swim for seven hours to reach Greece from Turkey.
Ameer Mehtr explained he did not have enough money to pay smugglers to transport him to Europe after his family lost their home and were left penniless as a result of the five-year civil war ravaging his homeland.