A Southern California man is part of a mission to rescue several disabled orphans in Ukraine who have been adopted by U.S. families.
LOS ANGELES -- As millions of people flee Ukraine amid attacks from Russian forces, some of the most vulnerable children have been unable to escape the fighting.
The images from Ukraine are heartbreaking - orphans huddled together by the dozens in basements as the bombing continues."These disabled orphans are truly forgotten in all of this," said Mike Leum, a 30-year L.A. County Sheriff's Department search and rescue volunteer."They are in desperate need of extraction, many of them are needing constant medical care.
"These orphans all have families in the U.S. waiting for them and they're in various stages of the adoption process," Leum said."Just last night we were requested desperately by two other orphanages to help extract them out of the area because the nurses and nannies who care for the kids have all left and gone back to be with their families," Leum said.
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