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I Saved Baby From Our Migrant Boat

Syrian refugee Doaa al Zamel tried to get to Europe on a boat that sank

Doaa al Zamel from Syria has won an award for bravery after the most horrendous experience trying to reach Europe. She's just 19. Three years ago, her family fled the violence at home and tried to make a new life in Egypt. But it wasn't working out and Doaa and her fiancΓ©, Bassem, also a refugee - decided that they needed to uproot themselves again. So in September 2014, they paid their life savings - $5000 - to board a fishing boat carrying hundreds of people to Europe. Just 11 made it.

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