A young Afghan family sits for portrait in their new apartment in northern Greensboro on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. The family, sponsored by the College Park Baptist Church, recently arrived in Greensboro. They are the first family of Afghans to arrive in the Triad. The father was shot while helping the American soldiers. The newborn was born en route to Germany.
KENNETH FERRIERA, NEWS & RECORD
A young Afghan family sits for a portrait in their new apartment complex in northern Greensboro on Tuesday. The family, sponsored by the College Park Baptist Church, is the first to arrive in the Triad.
KENNETH FERRIERA, NEWS & RECORD
A young father holds prayer beads, used for worship, at an apartment complex in northern Greensboro on Tuesday. The father, who was in a wheelchair, said he was shot while helping the American soldiers. His youngest daughter was born aboard the flight from Afghanistan to Germany.
GREENSBORO — The father, nursing two gunshot wounds from fighting alongside American soldiers, pulls out his cellphone and cues a video that shows his wife carried down the steps of an airplane on a stretcher after the birth of their daughter.
A young Afghan family sits for portrait in their new apartment in northern Greensboro on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. The family, sponsored by the College Park Baptist Church, recently arrived in Greensboro. They are the first family of Afghans to arrive in the Triad. The father was shot while helping the American soldiers. The newborn was born en route to Germany.
A young Afghan family sits for a portrait in their new apartment complex in northern Greensboro on Tuesday. The family, sponsored by the College Park Baptist Church, is the first to arrive in the Triad.
A young father holds prayer beads, used for worship, at an apartment complex in northern Greensboro on Tuesday. The father, who was in a wheelchair, said he was shot while helping the American soldiers. His youngest daughter was born aboard the flight from Afghanistan to Germany.