A family fled their home in Kharkiv amid the war in Ukraine and arrived in the United States safely after a journey that took them seven days.
Josh Isaacs, a man born and raised near Buffalo, New York, and his Ukrainian wife, Kate, were living in Ukraine with their two children, 6-year-old Arden and 3-year-old Anna. They decided to leave Ukraine for their children’s safety late last month.As the family traveled to Romania, their car broke down, with the tires needing repair. Isaacs told WGRZ that a Ukrainian soldier was their guardian angel.
"A soldier who had just said goodbye to two of his children and sent them to the border picked us up,” Isaacs said. “It was his last night of, well, I can't say freedom, but his last night to rest. He was going to spend it sleeping all night, and instead he picked us up, drove us to Dnipro, and helped us get the tires fixed. He gave that up, and then the next day he reported, so we're in communication with him pretty regularly.
Isaacs said as they drove, they could hear bombings and feared they would run into Russian military because it can be hard to distinguish between Ukrainian and Russian troops.The family had to leave their dog with a neighbor. They also said goodbye to Kate’s 80-year-old father. “It was a horrible decision to have to make,” Isaacs wrote on the family’s GoFundMe page. “His condition gives him vertigo when traveling, and he thought a trip would be too much for him but insisted we go.”
Isaacs said they brought Kate’s father to their old apartment, where they hope he will be safe with two to three weeks’ worth of food.Due to Ukrainian currency not being accepted in the U.S., the family said they are completely starting over as they settle in the U.S.
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