Voices From Syria

'On Jan. 24, 2014 Sawwan recounted her personal experience of the chemical weapons attack to over 100 attendees in a private home in Flushing, Mich. She described how after reading the news online, she ran to the local field hospital with her cousin, where they regularly volunteered, to see how they could help those affected by the deadly sarin gas. The room was silent as Sawwan described the screaming in the streets and the seizing, spasming bodies in the hospital.
“I couldn’t tell who was alive or dead,” Sawwan said. There was not enough Atropine, the treatment used to counter chemical gas exposure, to go around and most patients were only given CPR and cold water.'