“I know she can do anything she sets her mind on.”

57 photos and redacted body camera footage were released.

“I’m going to try and carry their lights out. It’s a lot, but I’m going to do it”

“The Lord guided your efforts today”

“It’s been really scary, but I know for a fact that God has her in the palm of his hands.”

“Those in power in the Kremlin started this war. This is not the Russian people’s war.”

“My disability was something unexpected by everyone in my family.”

“We found out on the day she was born that she had down syndrome, that she had a heart defect.”

“My hope carried me on my way.”

“Definitely one of the scariest moments I’ve ever been through.” 

“Real sacrifice is giving up what you want now for what you want most. And what they want most is to love their people.”

“How can it be 2 months without you?”

“I think just time spending with them, being with them is the most important. Not like maybe money, not other games, but just being with them.”

“I am like in love with reading. They always brought me comfort during hard times”

“I thought of them both, about the solidarity of those who brought the strollers and the dramatic stories of mothers fleeing the war.”

“It was the best feeling ever.”

“She’s putting her energy into something else so that’s helping her, knowing that she is helping others who are going through the same thing.”

“My oldest daughter couldn’t even hardly eat her food because she was crying because she couldn’t believe that we were having a family dinner”

“My heart sank, and I just knew I had to get here.”

“We’re going to help as much as we can.”