Whoever Saves A Life
At Medium, Matthieu Aikins follows “one of the few first responders left to care for the civilians caught on the front lines in Syria’s largest city.” After following the group of young men as they performed dramatic rescues and tracked down bomb victims, Aikins notes, “As they saved others, they saved themselves.” One of the members of the Aleppo Civil Defense team promised Syrians who were still left in their homes, “Civil Defense would be the last to leave.”