Boy, 6, who wrote about refugee crisis meets Obama

• In August, a widely shared video depicting a dazed and bloodied Syrian boy pulled from the rubble after an airstrike in Aleppo captured the abject horror of the country’s civil war.

Halfway around the world, those terrible images of five-year-old Omran Daqneesh moved another child, about the same age, to write a heartfelt letter to U.S. President Barack Obama.

“Remember the boy who was picked up by the ambulance in Syria?” six-year-old Alex Myteberi wrote. “Can you please go get him and bring him to our home?”

Young Alex left the president clear instructions: Obama could park in his family’s driveway or on the street in front of their home

CAN YOU PLEASE GO GET HIM AND BRING HIM TO OUR HOME?

in Scarsdale, N.Y., and the Myteberis would be waiting with flags, flowers and balloons.

Obama was so touched by Alex’s handwritten letter that he read it out loud at a United Nations summit on refugees in September.

More than two months later, Alex and Obama met in person, after the White House speech writing team invited the Myteberi family for a visit.

According to Alex’s family, there was barely a dry eye in the house.

“Can’t even describe it in words,” Alex’s mother, Valbona Myteberi, said in an email to The Washington Post. “When the President shook my hand and thanked us for raising compassionate kids my eyes teared up and I was trying very hard not to cry. We were pleasantly overwhelmed by the feeling of pride, respect and gratitude that we received throughout the visit.”

Video of the meeting showed Alex appearing star-struck and at a loss for words as Obama shook his hand.

“It’s so nice to meet you! How have you been?” the president told him. “You look very nice in your suit.”

“Thank you,” Alex said quietly, smiling.

He confirmed to Obama it was a new suit.