Anna Hlukhotarenko and her son are now Houstonians. But their journey from Kyiv to Istanbul to Houston was more dangerous than they ever imagined.
HOUSTON, Texas -- More than four million people have fled Ukraine since the start of the war, according to the United Nations."I always thought his first trip abroad would be to see the ocean or to see some beautiful nature," explained Anna Hlukhotarenko."But his first trip in his life was escaping the war."
Hlukhotarenko and her 5-year-old son, Alex, are now Houstonians. Their journey from Kyiv to Istanbul to Houston has been more dangerous than they ever imagined. "My first day in Turkey was normal and the second day, they announced the war," she said."Like, we heard the news or read the news about the Russian invasion and of course, the nightmare started."
Hlukhotarenko had already gotten a special United States VISA before the war began, but her elderly parents are now refugees in Romania. After moving to Odesa, they had to sneak out before curfew to catch a secret bus. They made it. "It was my happiest moment of March," Hlukhotarenko recalled."I will remember it for all my life. Because, I knew if I didn't hear anything, I would know mom didn't make it.""Each day you talk to them, but you understand that it can be your last conversation," she said."You want to buy them tickets, but airports are destroyed or flights suspended. You want to buy them tickets to the bus, but it's impossible. Everything is canceled.
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