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Interview: Feras Fayyad Sheds Light on the Heroes of the War in Syria in His Powerful Doc ‘The Cave’

Oscar nominee Feras Fayyad (Last Men in Aleppo) delivers an unflinching story of the Syrian war with his powerful new documentary, The Cave. For besieged civilians, hope and safety lie underground inside the subterranean hospital known as the Cave, where pediatrician and managing physician Dr. Amani Ballour and her colleagues Samaher and Dr. Alaa have claimed their right to work as equals alongside their male counterparts, doing their jobs in a way that would be unthinkable in the oppressively patriarchal culture that exists above ground. Following the women as they contend with daily bombardments, chronic supply shortages, and the ever-present threat of chemical attacks, The Cavepaints a stirring portrait of courage, resilience, and female solidarity. I was honored to sit down with talented director Feras Fayyad to discuss this powerful film just as rash decisions by the U.S. President were making life exponentially worse for Fayyad’s countrymen were already struggling for their survival.

Danny Miller: This is such a powerful, important film, I hope that it is seen far and wide. Life has obviously been horrendous for Syrians for years and yet much of the world has not been paying that much attention. Now Syria is in the news again for very upsetting reasons having to do with the current U.S. administration. Does it bother you how little most Americans seem to know about what’s going on in your country?

Feras Fayyad: Thank you so much for what you said about the movie and also for this important question. Yes, I think Syria has been an “undercover” story for a very long time. Without the refugee crisis, I sometimes think there would be no coverage whatsoever even if the country burned completely. I do feel as an artist that I have a responsibility to help people see more of what’s going on, to make sure that people learn about the struggle people have over there and the extreme dangers they face every single day. And now the current news is so sad, so scary, so horrible. As a Syrian I keep asking myself how it’s ever going to end and then I wake up and find there is a whole new war happening with the Turkish people coming in. and the Kurds having no choice but to align with Syrian regime and the Russians. There is just endless destruction happening in my country.

And yet your film shows such humanity, such goodness among the Syrians who are so courageously trying to help others amidst such constant turmoil.

It was very important to me to try to bring this story to light, to show all of these extraordinary people who are trying to help their society, change their society, make life possible. The people in this film are working so hard to help their country but they are being systematically hunted down. That’s what I think people here don’t understand, they see all these Syrian refugees and they focus only on what that’s going to mean for other parts of the world, forgetting that these are people who desperately want to stay in their own country. Nobody wants to go leave their home, but in most cases they have no choice, they have to leave or face certain death.

Al Ghouta, Syria – Dr. Amani (center) and Dr Alaa (right) in the operating room. (National Geographic)

Dr. Amani is such an amazing character. With all the incredible stress they were under with their work in the cave, was it difficult to get her to agree to allow you to film there?

When I approached Dr. Amani, her first reaction was that she didn’t believe that anyone outside of Syria would care about this story. I spent a lot of time convincing her how important it is for people to see what they were all doing there. She eventually agreed that it would be helpful for the outside world to understand what is happening, how so many people were being affected, and how Syrians are trying to help their own. She was still surprised, though, when she realized that she was going to be one of the main characters in the film.

Did you always know that you wanted to have most of the footage in the film come from the Cave and not above ground?

We shot a lot of other footage but in the end I felt that focusing on this underground hospital was the most important story to tell. I didn’t want this film to turn into the classic refugee story, I wanted to show how these brave Syrians were fighting what was going on by providing help to these desperate people inside the country, I wanted to show how this woman was trying to change her society.

I imagine you had enough footage to make three documentaries.

Oh, definitely. We followed Dr. Amani around for hundreds and hundreds of hours, she gave us such incredible access to her life and the work they were doing in the Cave. She trusted how I was going to tell this story and never made any demands on us whatsoever.

I’m guessing that the scene where the guy tells Dr. Amani that should be home taking care of her husband and kids was not an isolated incident.

Not at all, she heard that many, many times. Amani was the first female hospital manager in the entire history of Syria. There has never been a woman leading a hospital at all, much less in such a serious situation where she was managing over a hundred people who were serving about 400,000 people in such a war-torn area. You have to understand that Syria has been an extremely patriarchal society. That’s one of the reasons I wanted to tell Dr. Amani’s story. All of us Syrians grew up in this patriarchy where we were forced to call Assad our father, his picture was everywhere. It was just embedded in the culture that women should be serving men and not more. Things were starting to change in Syria with the democratic revolutions against the system, and the people in the medical profession were always on the front lines of that.

And then in these makeshift hospitals I assume the situations were so dire that the people had no choice but allow women to assume greater responsibility.

Yes, although Amani was really in a unique situation. She was very inspiring so many women and she worked very hard to increase the number of women working in the Cave.

Al Ghouta, Syria – Nurse Samahar, Dr Amani and Dr Alaa working in a subterranean hospital in Syria to save the lives of victims of chemical and conventional weapons in the Syrian Civil War. (National Geographic)

With all of the amazing work the people in the Cave were doing, it was so devastating to see it shut down after the chemical attacks in that part of Syria. Who provides medical care to the people in that region now?

It’s all been taken over by the Syrian regime. Dr. Amani is now living in Turkey and is not able to come and go nor is she allowed to practice medicine. I hope that changes for her but she’s basically living the life of a Syrian refugee along with so many others. She is wanted by the Syrian regime and if she goes back now, they would kill her.

That is so horrible. It must be incredibly dangerous for you and your crew to go back and forth into Syria. How do you deal with that?

I was jailed and tortured by the Syrian regime for 18 months, partly because of my other films. While I was there, I witnessed the torture of many women.

So I assume that now you go in and out of the country very secretly?

Yes, there are different ways that I go in to minimize the risks. Getting our footage out was always very dangerous as well. We used WhatsApp to get a lot of it out and smuggled flash drives. It remains a very dangerous situation for everyone. I never stay in the country for more than three days and I never bring in a phone.

What do you hope that people who see your film understand about Syria?

I hope they will begin to understand the situation in my country and put pressure on the politicians to start finding real solutions. Our country has been destroyed by the current regime and from Russian bombing and now what’s happening with Turkey in the north. The number of people who have been killed in Syria, and who are still being killed, is simply unbelievable. And many more just disappear. What will the future of the country be? Right now it’s mostly about death.

Al Ghouta, Syria – Young boy receives medical treatment in the emergency room. (National Geographic)

Such a nightmare, and it only seems to be getting worse in recent weeks. Do you hold onto a belief in your heart that one day your country will be restored and that many people will be able to return?

That is my wish, of course, but right now I just feel so strongly that I need to make people aware of what’s going that I am willing to risk my life and my team is willing to risk their lives to document what we can. We hope that once people understand what is happening, and understand some of the history of this part of world that they will be inspired to work for a better Syria.

Do you worry that this film will put you even more of the crosshairs of the Syrian regime?

I worry most of all for my family members who are still in Syria: my father and my mother and some of my sisters. I have one sister in Lebanon and one in Sweden but I worry every single day about the people I know who are still in the country because of the current regime. I will continue to do this work to remind people how urgent this situation is and that the Syrian people need help.

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First woman to run hospital in Syria talks to Al Jaz by Al Jazeera English The first Syrian woman to run a hospital in the country and the subject of an Oscar-nominated documentary is urging the international community to help stop the humanitarian catastrophe in Syria's northwestern province Idlib. Dr Amani Ballour ran a hospital in the besieged enclave of Eastern Gouta for three years, until 2018, when she and her staff were forced to evacuate after the enclave fell to Syrian regime forces. She is in France at the start of a European tour to raise awareness about the situation in Idlib. Al Jazeera's Natacha Butler sat down for an interview with Dr Amani in Paris. - Subscribe to our channel: https://ift.tt/291RaQr - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://ift.tt/1iHo6G4 - Check our website: https://ift.tt/2lOp4tL #AlJazeeraEnglish #Syria

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Her Dream of Becoming a Doctor Turned into a Nightmare, and a Movie

Dr. Amani Ballour was the manager of an underground hospital in Syria. Now her life is the subject of an Oscar-nominated documentary.

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Her Dream of Becoming a Doctor Turned into a Nightmare, and a Movie

By BY ALISHA HARIDASANI GUPTA Dr. Amani Ballour was the manager of an underground hospital in Syria. Now her life is the subject of an Oscar-nominated documentary. Published: February 12, 2020 at 08:35AM from NYT World https://ift.tt/38kPvzk via IFTTT

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This doctor treated hundreds in an underground hospital in Syria known as ‘The Cave’ | PRI Faced with casualties from frequent airstrikes as Syrian forces laid siege to Eastern Ghouta, an area in the suburbs of Damascus, Dr. Amani Ballour helped set up an underground hospital. Source: This doctor treated hundreds in an underground hospital in Syria known as 'The Cave'

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Αμάνι Μπαλούρ: Ανθρωπιστικό βραβείο στην παιδίατρο από τη Συρία

Πηγή εικόνας: radio4.gr Η Αμάνι Μπαλούρ είναι μια γιατρός από τη Συρία, η οποία έσωσε εκατοντάδες ζωές παιδιών κατά τη διάρκεια του συριακού πολέμου. Για την προσφορά της, η Αμάνι Μπαλούρ τιμήθηκε με το ανθρωπιστικό βραβείο Raul Vallenberg. Έδειξε τέτοιο σθένος, γενναιότητα και αφοσίωση στο έργο της, που σήμερα η προσπάθειά της αναγνωρίζεται παγκοσμίως. Με το που αποφοίτησε από το πανεπιστήμιο, άρχισε να εργάζεται ως εθελόντρια στο αυτοσχέδιο υπόγειο νοσοκομείο Cave. Στη συνέχεια, έγινε υπεύθυνη μιας ομάδας 100 ατόμων. Όταν άρχισε ο πόλεμος, θα μπορούσε να είχε εγκαταλείψει την πατρίδα της, αφού είχε ένα πολύ καλό πτυχίο Ιατρικής. Όμως, επέλεξε να μείνει και να πολεμήσει με τον δικό της τρόπο. Έθεσε τη ζωή της σε κίνδυνο για να σώσει ανθρώπινες παιδικές ζωές.

Πηγή εικόνας: deadline.com Είχε τη γενναιότητα να συγκρουστεί με το ανδροκρατικό κατεστημένο, το οποίο αντιμετωπίζει με δυσπιστία μια γυναίκα γιατρό. «Κάποιοι ασθενείς και τραυματίες ζητούσαν άνδρα γιατρό να τους εξετάσει. Άλλοι απέφευγαν και να μου μιλήσουν», περιγράφει η ίδια. Κατάφερε να δείξει την αξία της και έγινε υπεύθυνη ενός ολόκληρου τμήματος. «Οι άνδρες στην κοινότητά μας, λένε ότι πρέπει να είστε στο σπίτι ή μπορείτε να εργαστείτε, αλλά να μην είστε διευθυντής νοσοκομείου», εξηγεί η Αμάνι Μπαλούρ. «Επιμένω και θέλω να τους αμφισβητήσω και να αποδείξω ότι μια γυναίκα μπορεί. Πρέπει να στηρίξω τις γυναίκες, διότι έτσι θα υποστηριχθούν όλες οι γυναίκες. Αυτό θα κάνει τους άνδρες να πιστέψουν ότι οι γυναίκες μπορούν να πετύχουν». Το 2018 αναγκάστηκε να γίνει πρόσφυγας και κατέφυγε στην Τουρκία, όπου ζει μέχρι και σήμερα. Από εκεί συνεχίζει το έργο της αφού συμμετέχει σε ένα ταμείο υποστήριξης γυναικών ηγετών και ιατρικού προσωπικού σε πολεμικές ζώνες. «Στόχος μας είναι να βοηθήσουμε και να ενδυναμώσουμε τις γυναίκες στις ζώνες συγκρούσεων. Να υποστηρίξουμε τις γυναίκες και να υποστηρίξουμε τα παιδιά». Ελπίζει, μελλοντικά, να εγκατασταθεί στον Καναδά ή τις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες. Προς το παρών δεν είναι πιθανό λόγω των περιορισμών της κυβέρνησης Τραμπ, όσον αφορά τη μετανάστευση από τη Συρία και άλλες χώρες με πλειοψηφία Μουσουλμάνων.

Πηγή εικόνας: coe.int Στις 17 Ιανουαρίου της απονεμήθηκε και επίσημα το βραβείο Raul Vallenberg. «Η δρ. Αμάνι Μπαλούρ είναι ένα λαμπρό παράδειγμα ενσυναίσθησης, αρετής και τιμής που μπορούν να ευδοκιμήσουν ακόμα και στις χειρότερες συνθήκες. Εν μέσω πολέμου και ταλαιπωρίας», σημειώνει ο Γενικός Γραμματέας του Συμβουλίου της Ευρώπης. «Διακινδύνευσε τη δική της ασφάλεια για να βοηθήσει εκείνους που έχουν τη μεγαλύτερη ανάγκη». «Αισθάνομαι πολύ περήφανη που λαμβάνω το βραβείο επειδή πιστεύω στην ανθρωπότητα και μου αρέσει να βοηθάω τους ανθρώπους με αυτό τον τρόπο», λέει η Αμάνι Μπαλούρ. «Αυτό το βραβείο είναι διάσημο και θα τονίσει το θέμα της Συρίας. Αυτό θα κάνει περισσότερους ανθρώπους σε όλο τον κόσμο να γνωρίσουν τι συνέβη στη Συρία, να γνωρίσουν την αλήθεια. Και αυτός είναι ο στόχος μου, να πω την αλήθεια για τους ανθρώπους».

Πηγή εικόνας: 24h.com.cy Η ιστορία της ηρωίδας παιδιάτρου και του κρυφού νοσοκομείου γυρίστηκε σε ντοκιμαντέρ του National Geographic με τίτλο «The Cave». Το «The Cave» είναι υποψήφιο για βραβείο Όσκαρ 2020. Η Αμάνι Μπαλούρ είχε αρκετές επιφυλάξεις για το ντοκιμαντέρ αρχικά. «Στην αρχή είπα όχι», θυμάται η γιατρός. «Όταν μου προτάθηκε η ιδέα, ήταν επικίνδυνο να την δεχτώ γιατί το καθεστώς Άσαντ και η Ρωσία στόχευαν νοσοκομεία. Ήμουν διευθύντρια νοσοκομείου και υπεύθυνη για τα πάντα». Εν τέλει συμφωνήθηκε ότι το ντοκιμαντέρ θα μπορούσε να προχωρήσει εφόσον δεν επέμβει στην κύρια αποστολή της γιατρού. Η ταινία καταγράφει την αποφασιστική της δράση όταν βομβαρδίστηκε η εγκατάσταση. Την επαφή της με τα θύματα των χημικών επιθέσεων. Πολλές σκηνές δείχνουν την αξιοθαύμαστη ικανότητά της να βοηθάει και να ηρεμεί τα παιδιά που τραυματίστηκαν από τον πόλεμο. Σε μια σκηνή-κλειδί στο «The Cave», η Αμάνι Μπαλούρ παρηγορεί μια νεαρή κοπέλα που τραυματίστηκε σε μια επίθεση. Της λέει ότι θα είναι εντάξει και την ενθαρρύνει να σκεφτεί τι θέλει να γίνει μια μέρα. «Ήθελα να της πω ότι θα επιβιώσει και θα πρέπει να σκεφτεί το μέλλον. Μπορεί να γίνει δασκάλα, μπορεί να γίνει γιατρός», εξηγεί η Αμάνι Μπαλούρ. «Αυτό είναι πολύ σημαντικό για μένα γιατί κανείς δεν μου το είπε αυτό όταν ήμουν παιδί. Κανείς δεν μου είπε ότι έχω δικαιώματα. Κανείς δεν μου είπε ότι μπορώ να είμαι σημαντικός άνθρωπος στο μέλλον. Όλοι μου είπαν ότι μπορείς να παντρευτείς, να έχεις παιδιά και να δουλέψεις στο σπίτι. Αυτή είναι η ιδέα για τις γυναίκες. Αναρωτιόμουν γιατί δεν μπορώ να κάνω κάτι άλλο, γιατί πρέπει να παντρευτώ, τι είδους ζωή είναι αυτή; Δεν θέλω αυτή τη ζωή». Πηγές που χρησιμοποιήθηκαν: Αμάνι Μπαλούρ: Ανθρωπιστικό βραβείο στην ηρωίδα παιδίατρο από τη Συρία. Ανακτήθηκε από http://www.helpis.gr/anthropistiki-voitheia/amani-balour-anthropistiko-vravio-stin-iroida-pediatro-apo-ti-syria/?fbclid=IwAR1gzm0ou7X4VWMPO8QSBX31E-IJ3msZgoZiGkuNxWIrF3kMF2--4uBfglY (Τελευταία τροποποίηση 01/02/2020) "A Shining Example Of Empathy": The Cave's Dr. Amani Ballour On Saving Lives, Inspiring Women And Girls. Ανακτήθηκε από https://deadline.com/2020/01/the-cave-dr-amani-ballour-feras-fayyad-oscars-natgeo-documentary-interview-1202846771/(Τελευταία τροποποίηση 01/02/2020) Read the full article

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Αμάνι Μπαλούρ: Ανθρωπιστικό βραβείο στην παιδίατρο από τη Συρία

Πηγή εικόνας: 24h.com.cy Η ιστορία της ηρωίδας παιδιάτρου και του κρυφού νοσοκομείου γυρίστηκε σε ντοκιμαντέρ του National Geographic με τίτλο «The Cave». Το «The Cave» είναι υποψήφιο για βραβείο Όσκαρ 2020. Η Αμάνι Μπαλούρ είχε αρκετές επιφυλάξεις για το ντοκιμαντέρ αρχικά. «Στην αρχή είπα όχι», θυμάται η γιατρός. «Όταν μου προτάθηκε η ιδέα, ήταν επικίνδυνο να την δεχτώ γιατί το καθεστώς Άσαντ και η Ρωσία στόχευαν νοσοκομεία. Ήμουν διευθύντρια νοσοκομείου και υπεύθυνη για τα πάντα». Εν τέλει συμφωνήθηκε ότι το ντοκιμαντέρ θα μπορούσε να προχωρήσει εφόσον δεν επέμβει στην κύρια αποστολή της γιατρού. Η ταινία καταγράφει την αποφασιστική της δράση όταν βομβαρδίστηκε η εγκατάσταση. Την επαφή της με τα θύματα των χημικών επιθέσεων. Πολλές σκηνές δείχνουν την αξιοθαύμαστη ικανότητά της να βοηθάει και να ηρεμεί τα παιδιά που τραυματίστηκαν από τον πόλεμο. Σε μια σκηνή-κλειδί στο «The Cave», η Αμάνι Μπαλούρ παρηγορεί μια νεαρή κοπέλα που τραυματίστηκε σε μια επίθεση. Της λέει ότι θα είναι εντάξει και την ενθαρρύνει να σκεφτεί τι θέλει να γίνει μια μέρα. «��θελα να της πω ότι θα επιβιώσει και θα πρέπει να σκεφτεί το μέλλον. Μπορεί να γίνει δασκάλα, μπορεί να γίνει γιατρός», εξηγεί η Αμάνι Μπαλούρ. «Αυτό είναι πολύ σημαντικό για μένα γιατί κανείς δεν μου το είπε αυτό όταν ήμουν παιδί. Κανείς δεν μου είπε ότι έχω δικαιώματα. Κανείς δεν μου είπε ότι μπορώ να είμαι σημαντικός άνθρωπος στο μέλλον. Όλοι μου είπαν ότι μπορείς να παντρευτείς, να έχεις παιδιά και να δουλέψεις στο σπίτι. Αυτή είναι η ιδέα για τις γυναίκες. Αναρωτιόμουν γιατί δεν μπορώ να κάνω κάτι άλλο, γιατί πρέπει να παντρευτώ, τι είδους ζωή είναι αυτή; Δεν θέλω αυτή τη ζωή». Πηγές που χρησιμοποιήθηκαν: Αμάνι Μπαλούρ: Ανθρωπιστικό βραβείο στην ηρωίδα παιδίατρο από τη Συρία. Ανακτήθηκε από http://www.helpis.gr/anthropistiki-voitheia/amani-balour-anthropistiko-vravio-stin-iroida-pediatro-apo-ti-syria/?fbclid=IwAR1gzm0ou7X4VWMPO8QSBX31E-IJ3msZgoZiGkuNxWIrF3kMF2--4uBfglY (Τελευταία τροποποίηση 01/02/2020) "A Shining Example Of Empathy": The Cave's Dr. Amani Ballour On Saving Lives, Inspiring Women And Girls. Ανακτήθηκε από https://deadline.com/2020/01/the-cave-dr-amani-ballour-feras-fayyad-oscars-natgeo-documentary-interview-1202846771/(Τελευταία τροποποίηση 01/02/2020) Read the full article

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A powerful and moving documentary about an underground hospital in Syria where amidst air strikes and bombings, a group of female doctors struggle with systemic sexism while taking care of the injured. #thecave #syria Dr. Amani Ballour participated to a Q&A at the end of the screening, from Turkey. (at Century City AMC Theater) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7-aUjMgp69/?igshid=qgkfkew48bab

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ginalover · 4 years

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Katie Couric and Gina attend a Special Screening Of National Geographic's Oscar-Nominated Documentary "The Cave" with Film Subject Dr. Amani Ballour at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on February 03, 2020 in New York City.

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Dr. Amani Ballour, a paediatrician from Syria who ran an underground hospital in Eastern Ghouta in 2012-2018 and is now a refugee in Turkey, has been awarded the Council of Europe’s Raoul Wallenberg Prize for her personal courage, bravery and commitment in saving hundreds of lives during the Syrian war. https://www.coe.int/en/web/portal/-/syrian-doctor-who-ran-underground-children-s-hospital-receives-wallenberg-prize?fbclid=IwAR38gjbmB1RPDucmAcWmoXMF6bJOtzF6FJhVUzF-arbXiqcUe95YV24fOeM https://www.instagram.com/p/B7andTEAuBM/?igshid=1oa77vfn5jsaj

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The Cave (Husk at få set filmen!). Stor tak til torsdagens panel: Dr. Salim Namour, Haifaa Awad og Bo Søndergaard (moderator) samt (og ikke mindst) Dr. Amani Ballour, som deltog over Skype fra sit eksil i Gaziantep, Tyrkiet. @haifa.awad @bosondergaard @amani_ballour ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🔥✊👏🏆 (her: Grand Teatret) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7Lh-4kh61H/?igshid=bu733at582yg

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The take a look at's creator, Dr. Stephen Woolf, director emeritus of the Center on Society and Health at Virginia Commonwealth College, tells "Initiate up Here" it is a controversy irregular to The usa, in particular within the Rust Belt: "It is miles no longer seemingly lost on us that these are areas of the nation which had been hit onerous by the financial system. ... That strain itself might well own an trace on health in ways in which can perhaps no longer must be dinky to despair or unhealthy behaviors."

3. 'The Cave'

Within the midst of battle in Syria, doctors inner a hidden sanatorium diagnosed as "The Cave" battle to place lives underground.

Dr. Amani Ballour, the archaic lead doctor of the Cave who became once pressured to flit to Turkey, limited print her life inner, "They targeted all the pieces, they bombed all the pieces, they archaic all kinds of weapons."

Her tale is featured in "The Cave," a film alongside with Nationwide Geographic Documentary Films, and on ABC's "Nightline." The Walt Disney Co. is the guardian company of Nationwide Geographic and ABC Data.

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In other places:

'My dwelling': President Donald Trump visited Florida for the principle time since changing his station of situation for a rally Tuesday evening. But he talked about a of the equal subject matters: impeachment, the Bidens, Nancy Pelosi and the "deep articulate."

Boo birds: First girl Melania Trump's visit to an opioid summit did no longer fade properly as she became once greeted by loud boos when she took the stage.

'Completely brazen': Horrifying video reveals a bus driver terminate at a gasoline living, preserve beer after which ingesting it as she transported 32 young of us.

'Offended that he became once being overlooked': A brand unusual police document limited print that the College of Illinois at Chicago student who became once found lifeless in a college parking garage became once it seems murdered after she overlooked the suspect's catcalls.

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Doff your cap:

There isn't any utilize in crying over spilled milk. But what about spilled donuts?

Correctly, the Brookhaven, Georgia, Police Division did correct that on Tuesday and we couldn't be more empathetic. It seems the officers had been called to the scene the put a Krispy Kreme truck had toppled over and the iced creations spilled all over the put the avenue.

The troopers managed to snap about a teary-eyed images, since they "couldn't beat the 5 2d rule." Our condolences.

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