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Palestinian paramedic recounts ‘massacre’ on school shelter in northern Gaza
As one of the few paramedics left in northern Gaza, Niveen Al-Dwawsa, is often the first on the scene of airstrikes, where she treats as many wounded people as she can. She used her phone to record what she saw while responding to the aftermath of an attack on a school shelter in Jabalia on Oct. 21. CBC | World News
Read More »‘Hey, you guys gotta get out!’ Family recounts losing home to California wildfire
A stubborn wildfire northwest of Los Angeles on Friday continued to challenge firefighting crews working to snuff it out, after it forced thousands of people to evacuate and burned more than 100 structures. Brandon Francis and his grandmother, Leticia Taylor, were among those who lost their home to the blaze this week. CBC | World News
Read More »An online video showed him burning alive after Israeli airstrike. His brother recounts his final moments
Muhammad Ahmad Al-Dalu’s brother and mother died in a fire started by an Israeli airstrike on a tent camp housing forcibly displaced people outside Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza early Monday. A video of his brother being burned in the fire as people stood by unable to help has widely circulated on social media. CBC | World ...
Read More »Ontario woman recounts ‘frightening’ moment with Harrods’s owner Mohamed Al-Fayed
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Read More »Billy Connolly emotionally recounts devastating final encounter with friend Robin Williams
Scottish comedian Billy Connolly announced in 2014 that he was suffering from the “initial stages” of Parkinson’s, an incurable disease that attacks the nervous system. Daily Express :: TV and Radio Feed
Read More »Doctor with blood on shirt recounts life-saving CPR at Donald Trump rally
An emergency room doctor at a Pennsylvania Trump rally performed CPR on a member of the crowd after President Donald Trump was shot at. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Man trapped inside submerged car recounts experience and rescue
A resident of Long Beach attempted to drive through a deeper section of water left by torrential rains in California, but his car sputtered to a halt when water surged up under the vehicle and into the muffler. Trapped inside his vehicle as the water level rose, he had to be rescued when firefighters arrived on scene and pulled him ...
Read More »‘I don’t believe that I’m alive right now’: Canadian recounts perilous journey from Gaza to Egypt
After a perilous journey from Gaza to Egypt, which included a five-kilometre walk on foot, with his hands up as missiles exploded around him, Akram Al-Sabbagh was welcomed by his relieved family at Toronto Pearson International Airport Tuesday morning. CBC | World News
Read More »Paul Pelosi recounts San Francisco home invasion, hammer attack at trial
Paul Pelosi recounted publicly for the first time Monday what happened the night he was attacked by a man in the San Francisco home he shares with former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, recalling how shocking it was to see a man standing at his bedroom door, then how the man whacked him in the head with a hammer. CBC ...
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