American Shares His “Hellish 20-Hour Journey” On Foot From Ukraine To Poland

We all know how it goes: some malevolent, egoistic dictator declares war, all hell breaks loose and innocent people start fleeing to safety. Entire nations, some more than others, are used to this by now as history seems to be plagued by endless conflicts. One of them is currently happening in Ukraine, as more than 500,000 citizens were forced to abandon their lives and seek safety in neighboring countries.

The reality is, these treks, however hopeful, are no less of a collective nightmare than the actual atrocities waiting for refugees at home. Families are separated, people are trampled upon or lost to oceans. Finishing his two-week self-funded journalistic coverage of the unimaginable horrors in Ukraine, Manny Marotta, an independent journalist from Pittsburgh, US, documented and shared his “hellish 20-hour journey” to the safety of Poland on his Twitter feed.

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A Twitter thread of Manny Marotta, an independent, self-funded journalist from Pittsburg, US, went viral after he shared his 20-hour trek from besieged Ukraine to Poland

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One of the more horrific sights includes seeing how young men were separated from their families and forced to take up arms

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Some friendships bloomed and perished within minutes

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Manny was surprised so many people, young and old, were willing to risk everything to reach safe haven in Poland

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After the “longest and worst night” of his life, the young journalist finally reached his destination and was greeted with open arms

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People from all over the world applauded the bravery of the young journalist and other refugees, and shared their support in the comments

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