'The White Helmets' i Syrien

“When I want to save someone’s life I don’t care if he’s an enemy or a friend. What concerns me is the soul that might die” ........ Abed, The White Helmets

When the bombs are raining down in Syria and people are fleeing, not everyone is running away from the destruction and chaos, some people are actually running towards it. As they run, they may be thinking of the danger, as there could be more bombs exploding at any minute. But they risk their own lives to try and save anyone who may still be alive under all the debris. This group of people are known as ‘The White Helmets.’(because of the white hard hatts that they wear)

They don’t stop to ask about a person’s religion or which ‘side’ they are on, they help regardless.

In fact they also risk sniper fire to rescue dead government soldiers to give them a proper burial. How much do they earn for doing this risky job? Nothing, they are all volunteers with different backgrounds; some are engineers, some bakers, students and many others. And they have paid a severe price for their actions, in the past three years that they have been operating, at least 141 men and woman have been killed while at least 62,000 men, woman and children have been saved.