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Hayder, a two year old Iraqi child, sits with her grandmother during a news conference at Schneider Children's Hospital while in New Hyde Park, New York
04 Jan 2007
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Noorul Huda Hayder, a two year old Iraqi child, sits with her grandmother Haseena A. Haddad during a news conference at Schneider Children's Hospital while in New Hyde Park, New York, January 4, 2007. Hayder and Hayder Obaid Mia, a four year old Iraqi boy, were brought to the U.S. to receive life-saving heart surgery, by representatives of the U.S. Army Reserves and the Rotary Club's Gift of Life Program. Both families will begin the return trip to Iraq January 7.
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Noorul Huda Hayder, a two year old Iraqi child (L), her grandmother Haseena A. Haddad (2nd L), Hayder Obaid Mia, a four year old Iraqi child, and his mother Sabeha G. Hawi stand in the hallway before a news conference at Schneider Children's Hospital in New Hyde Park, New York, January 4, 2007. The two children were brought to the U.S. to receive a life-saving heart surgery, by representatives of the U.S. Army Reserves and the Rotary Club's Gift of Life Program. Both families will begin the return trip to Iraq on January 7.


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