D: Bassam, I cannot. I cannot swim. Let go of the boat, or when it sinks, you will be pulled under with it. B: Bassam and Doaa let go of the boat and swam away as best they could. N1: B: Doaa, get in this life ring. Sit in it like a chair so that you will float. I am a good swimmer. I will stay in the water. D: Thank you, Bassam. Look there are others. Let’s go close to them. It is safer to be with others. They swam to a group of 100 other people and sang and prayed. There were N2: refugees from many countries and faiths struggling for their lives in the water. The first day passed. People began to give up hope. They took their life vests off and sank into the water. A man holding a flotation device and a baby swam over to them. M: Please. Please, help me. This is Malek, my granddaughter. I feel too weak and cold to continue. I will not make it. Please take her. She is only eight months old. D: Give her to me. I will protect her and keep her on my lap on the life ring. B: Stay strong for your granddaughter. Do not give up. N1: The man stayed near Doaa and Bassam. During the night, they could no longer see him. They softly sang to keep their spirits up and comfort Malek. When the sun rose on their second day in the Mediterranean Sea, Bassam and Doaa looked for the man. He was gone. Doaa noticed that Bassam’s lips were turning blue and he was shaking. The water had taken the warmth from Bassam’s body, and he was suffering from hypothermia. D: My love, please hold on. You can make it. We will make it, and we will move to Europe. I will study architecture, and you will follow your dream to be a doctor. B: I am sorry. I should not have suggested that we leave. D: I wanted it too. There was no schooling or work in the camp. There was no future, no hope. Hold on to hope. We can still make it. B: My love, you will make it. I love you more than I have loved anyone else in my life. I am sorry. D: Bassam! No!
D: Bassam, I cannot. I cannot swim. B: Let go of the boat, or when it sinks, you will be pulled under with it. N1: Bassam and Doaa let go of the boat and swam away as best they could. B: Doaa, get in this life ring. Sit in it like a chair so that you will float. I am a good swimmer. I will stay in the water. D: Thank you, Bassam. Look there are others. Let’s go close to them. It is safer to be with others. N2: They swam to a group of 100 other people and sang and prayed. There were refugees from many countries and faiths struggling for their lives in the water. The first day passed. People began to give up hope. They took their life vests off and sank into the water. A man holding a flotation device and a baby swam over to them. M: Please. Please, help me. This is Malek, my granddaughter. I feel too weak and cold to continue. I will not make it. Please take her. She is only eight months old. D: Give her to me. I will protect her and keep her on my lap on the life ring. B: Stay strong for your granddaughter. Do not give up. N1: The man stayed near Doaa and Bassam. During the night, they could no longer see him. They softly sang to keep their spirits up and comfort Malek. When the sun rose on their second day in the Mediterranean Sea, Bassam and Doaa looked for the man. He was gone. Doaa noticed that Bassam’s lips were turning blue and he was shaking. The water had taken the warmth from Bassam’s body, and he was suffering from hypothermia. D: My love, please hold on. You can make it. We will make it, and we will move to Europe. I will study architecture, and you will follow your dream to be a doctor. B: I am sorry. I should not have suggested that we leave. D: I wanted it too. There was no schooling or work in the camp. There was no future, no hope. Hold on to hope. We can still make it. B: My love, you will make it. I love you more than I have loved anyone else in my life. I am sorry. D: Bassam! No!