For this activity, listen to the podcast of Yusra Mardini, or read her story on her personal website.
On your blog, retell the story of this amazing young woman from Syria.
Yusra and he elder sister escaped the Syrian war and was trying to get to find safety in Europe, where she and 20 other people wanted to get to. 15 minutes into the sea they where and boats engine had failed to work. Luckily, Yusra was a professional swimmer, so she dived straight into the water as well as her and her elder sister and two other people. Yusra was so determined not to let any of her fellow passengers drown just because of the engine failure. Herself, her sister and the two other people were swimming in the water for 3 and a half hours in open water trying to stop their dingy from capsizing.
I thing that was extremely brave of what she did to help those people.
Hi Summer,
ReplyDeleteLeisha here again.
You have retold Yusra’s story really well and I like that you shared your own personal thought about what she did too. I agree with you, she certainly was very brave to do what she did to help. How do you think she would have been feeling when she realised the boats engines had failed? I wonder what thoughts were going through her mind at the time?
I am looking forward to reading your next post.
Leisha
:)