Blanket Drive For War Torn Syria"This is the coldest time of year," said Mike Batman. He left Syria 32 years ago.
"And the reason I left was because of the dictatorship," he said.
His own brother was a political prisoner for 16 years. The family didn't recognize him when he was finally let go.
"Have you seen those pictures about the holocaust? He look just like one of them," he said.
He stresses that this is a revolution against a dictator, and not a civil war. A distinction to emphasize a fight for freedom.