Tima Kurdi and Vancouver International Airport

B.C. Mohammed Kurdi: His 14-year-old son Shergo clutched a stuffed dog and a paper Canadian flag as he said through his aunt that he was looking forward to going back to school and starting a new life, according to Huffington Post Canada. Tima Kurdi wiped away tears as she greeted her relatives at the airport arrival gates. Tima Kurdi and her husband Rocco Logozzo wait for her brother Mohammad Kurdi and his family to arrive at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C. Mohammed Kurdi, his wife and their five children arrived in Canada as refugees, sponsored by his sister, Tima Kurdi, who has become an international spokeswoman for people fleeing the war-torn nation. "Thank you Canada! Thank you Canada!" the family chanted in English after being greeted by about two dozen family, friends and supporters. "I'm happy! Very happy!" Speaking through his sister, who translated from Arabic, Mohammed Kurdi also thanked Canadians and the government for making his dreams come true. "I'm happy! Very happy!" he said in English to a crowd of reporters. The reunion comes at the end of a difficult year for the family. Tima Kurdi, who lives in the Vancouver area, reacts as she spots her brother Mohammad Kurdi and his family upon arrival at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C. A photo of the boy body face down in the surf sparked international sorrow and momentum to help Syrian refugees. Tima and Mohammed three-year-old nephew, Alan Kurdi, drowned along with his five-year-old brother and their mother while crossing the waters between Turkey and Greece in September. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.