Tima Kurdi and Alan Kurdi

Mohammad Kurdi: Mohammad is the uncle of Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old boy who died alongside his mother and older brother when their overcrowded boat flipped while crossing the treacherous waters between Turkey and Greece, according to Huffington Post Canada. Tima Kurdi looks at photos of her three-year-old nephew, Alan Kurdi, who drowned trying to flee Syria earlier this year. Tima Kurdi said her brother Mohammad Kurdi, along with his wife and five children, are scheduled to arrive into Vancouver the morning of Dec. 28. Tima described informing her sister-in-law after learning Saturday morning that Citizenship and Immigration Canada had finalized the family travel arrangements. "I phoned them and I said, 'They booked you Dec. 28.''' said Tima on Sunday when reached by phone at her Vancouver-area home. "And first she said to the kids, 'Oh my God, the flight is booked Dec. 28.' And the kids were screaming. It was the most emotional phone call." Mohammad Kurdi has been in Germany since leaving his family in Turkey seven months ago to find work. And she was like, 'Really Seriously ' And we started crying and crying and crying. ... There were no words after that, just crying and tears. "It was the most emotional phone call,'' she said. "It almost took me back to that news when I heard about my nephew .'' "... We started crying and crying and crying. ... There were no words after that, just crying and tears. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.