Etter helped the family to the main city of Kos, where refugees are processed by the Greek authorities, but later lost track of them.
Nada Adel, an English teacher in Syria, said 13 governments had offered to take them but they had decided on Germany. “Angela Merkel is very good,†she said. “She is like a mother for us.â€
Merkel, the German chancellor, has said refugees from Syria can apply for asylum in Germany, rather than the first EU country they arrive in.
The family said seven-year-old Nour still has nightmares about their night spent crossing the water. “We’ll never go back to sea,†Majid told Bild.
"I have never been so overwhelmed by a moment that I was lucky enough to witness, and lucky enough to capture." -Daniel Etter, photographer
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