James Makuac. My Life Before | Page 15

Crossing Kosingora Desert
Many months were spent crossing the desert . The Red Cross called for a convoy to take the boys to Magos . We could not all fit in the convoy . There were 23,000 boys down from 36,000 when we left Ethiopia . The convoy could only take the smallest and sickest boys . We had to run as fast as we could to get on the trucks . We piled on top of each other .
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