Last September, photos and video of a Syrian refugee named Osama Abdul Mohsen and his young son being tripped by a Hungarian camerawoman as he tried to flee border police near Serbia went viral. While much outrage was focused on the actions of the journalist Petra Laszlo (who was fired shortly afterward), Mohsen’s story caught the attention of a soccer training school near Madrid, Spain. The school found Mohsen a job as a liason officer, and now he spends his time between Spanish language classes, his new job, and two of his sons in their new home in Getafe. His wife and two more children remain in Turkey, waiting for visas to enter Spain.
Left: On September 8, 2015, a Syrian refugee, Osama Abdul Mohsen, carrying his youngest son Zaid falls after being tripped by TV camerawoman Petra Laszlo while trying to escape from a collection point in Roszke village, Hungary. Right: Less than a year later, Osama Abdul Mohsen poses for a photograph after a training session with his junior team in Villaverde, a neighborhood in Madrid, Spain, on April 14, 2016. Mohsen’s story went viral after he was filmed being tripped up as he fled police. He was carrying his youngest son Zaid in his arms at the time, and the two fell sprawling on the ground. Footage of the incident helped bring him to the attention of a soccer training school in Getafe on the outskirts of Madrid, which found him work as a liaison officer.
(Marko Djurica / Reuters - Sergio Perez / Reuters)
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