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Christoph Bangert for The New York Times Eight people died at the scene, including a woman who was with the baby in the car. The baby, whose tiny face was cut by glass shards, had yet to be claimed by anyone. The woman, Umm Assad al-Khafaji, whose son Assad Raad al-Khafaji had saved the baby, cleaned him up, dressed him in pajamas that belonged to one of her granddaughters and fed him milk from a bottle. The jean overalls he had worn hours earlier were stained with blood. The baby smiled as he looked around the Khafajis’ living room. For Mrs. Khafaji, the baby was a miracle and a gift from heaven. For people in the Nawab section of the Kadhimiya district in Baghdad, the Khafaji family and other neighbors were heroes. Their actions seemed to be proof that despite six years of numbing violence, Iraqis were still capable of extraordinary acts of humanity.
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“seemed to be proof”
“were still capable of extraordinary acts of humanity”
WTF?!? you know… they actually are people, NYT. not aliens. people.
