January 4, 2011 at 5:53am
This from Air Force Times: OLYMPIA, Wash. - The father's request was simple, yet desperate.
Could Sean Roehrs, a captain in the Air Force stationed in Afghanistan, help the man's 8-year-old son who had a mental disability fly from war-torn Afghanistan to the United States for medical treatment?
"I said, 'Let me see what I can do,'" Roehrs said.
So began the unlikely journey that brought Khaled a shy, lovable Afghan boy who speaks only a few words, has seizures and needs constant care to Olympia.
"Where there's a will, there's a way," said Roehrs, who grew up in Olympia.
But before Khaled would attend a kindergarten class at Pioneer Elementary School, before he'd receive medical exams that determined that his disability was genetic and couldn't be corrected by surgery, Roehrs contacted people for months about Khaled coming to the United States. Solace for Children, a relief agency based in North Carolina, was a major player in opening the door for Khaled coming here.
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