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Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.54,0:00:13.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Gardenia.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.21,0:00:17.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Six years ago,\NI was a student in Damascus.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.86,0:00:22.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, I am a member\Nof Syria civil defense
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.74,0:00:24.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also known as the White Helmets.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.71,0:00:29.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The White Helmets\Nis a volunteer organization
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.22,0:00:32.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,made up of community first responders
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.90,0:00:35.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who have pledged to serve their community
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.44,0:00:40.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inside Syria with neutrality,\Nimpartiality, and humanity.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.02,0:00:44.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gardenia is not my real name,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.35,0:00:47.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm sorry I can't show you\Nmy face today.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.41,0:00:50.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,White Helmets, their friends and families
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.77,0:00:54.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are being targeted daily\Ninside Syria by the Syrian regime,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.77,0:00:58.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I wear this helmet\Nfor their protection.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.90,0:01:03.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The story of the White Helmets\Nbegins in March 2013,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.69,0:01:07.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two years into the Syrian uprising.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.02,0:01:10.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By that time, the Syrian regime
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.42,0:01:15.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was conducting around 50 airstrikes a day\Nagainst civilians, targets in Aleppo -
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.88,0:01:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with heavy artillery and aerial attacks -
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.24,0:01:22.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in Daraa, Damascus,\NDamascus countryside,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.78,0:01:25.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hama, Homs, and Idlib.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.11,0:01:31.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were using barrel bombs\Nto destroy marketplaces,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.29,0:01:36.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,small businesses, hospitals,\Nschools, and residential neighborhoods.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.76,0:01:40.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is an example
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.84,0:01:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the kind of damage\Nthat a barrel bomb can cause.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.51,0:01:52.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is difficult to convey the scale\Nof this terror on the ground.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.48,0:01:56.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The localized effect of a barrel bomb
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.24,0:02:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the same as an earthquake\Nmeasuring 8 on the Richter scale.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.16,0:02:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To give you an idea of what that means
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.58,0:02:12.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the terrifying earthquakes\Nin Italy in January this year
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.88,0:02:15.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,measured around 5.7,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.40,0:02:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so imagine that, 50 times a day.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.97,0:02:25.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whole buildings would collapse,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.48,0:02:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the people living and working\Nthere would be crushed,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.35,0:02:33.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and any survivors would be\Ntrapped beneath the rubble
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.31,0:02:35.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with no prospect of being rescued.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.45,0:02:40.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Families, neighbors,\Nand civil society volunteers
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.83,0:02:42.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would rush to help,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.80,0:02:47.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but without the necessary training\Nand equipment to help those trapped,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.28,0:02:48.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were helpless.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.50,0:02:52.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hundreds of people were dying each day.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.59,0:02:58.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2013, the Syrian regime\Ngave civilians a choice:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.08,0:03:01.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,leave these areas or be killed.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.02,0:03:06.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For most of our communities,\Nleaving was not an option,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.12,0:03:09.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but nor was waiting to be killed,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.09,0:03:11.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so in northern Aleppo,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.01,0:03:16.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a group of carpenters, bakers,\Nbuilders, and taxi drivers
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.94,0:03:19.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,choose to take matters\Ninto their own hands.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.98,0:03:22.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After receiving
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.02,0:03:25.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a week of training\Nfrom an international NGO
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.49,0:03:27.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a small equipment pack,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.76,0:03:32.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they returned to the community\Nand began to conduct rescue operations.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.72,0:03:38.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two days later, they save\Na family of four from the rubble.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.57,0:03:42.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was the beginning\Nof the White Helmets.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.99,0:03:51.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Four years on, we are now\Nover 3,200 trained community volunteers
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.52,0:03:56.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,working in 120 teams across Syria
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.94,0:04:00.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the areas outside\Nthe control of the regime.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.15,0:04:06.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have saved the lives\Nof 87,500 people ...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.21,0:04:08.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.89,0:04:14.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.05,0:04:22.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have saved the lives of 87,500 people,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.100,0:04:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and by this stage of the conflict,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.68,0:04:29.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have more experience in responding\Nto bomb attacks and airstrikes
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.75,0:04:32.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than any other organization in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.88,0:04:40.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our teams are trained\Nin a wide range of different skills.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.03,0:04:44.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They include community warning\Nand preparedness,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.78,0:04:48.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,urban search and rescue, and firefighting,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.73,0:04:52.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,emergency medical service,\Nand other technical skills
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.73,0:04:57.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,such as marking and clearing\Nexplosive remnants of war.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.95,0:05:05.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although our teams are initially set up\Nto provide rescue services,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.23,0:05:09.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we quickly realized\Nthat our existing skills
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.66,0:05:12.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,together with the equipment\Nand training we received
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.60,0:05:15.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enabled us to do much more\Nfor our communities
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.55,0:05:18.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than just rescuing them after an attack.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.60,0:05:23.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we weren't pulling\Npeople out of the rubble,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.47,0:05:25.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we could use our skills
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.49,0:05:29.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to provide medical services,\Neducate the community,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.49,0:05:35.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reconnecting electricity, water,\Nand reopen roads, hospitals, and schools.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.84,0:05:40.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We use the equipment\Nwe received for doing many things,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.44,0:05:44.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we use our fire trucks\Nto distribute drinking water
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.88,0:05:46.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in areas of need,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.69,0:05:52.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we used our rescue diggers\Nto respond to floods and snow storms.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.74,0:05:56.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In some cases,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.17,0:05:59.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have even been able\Nto protect infrastructure.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.99,0:06:05.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, when the Syrian regime\Nused incendiary cluster bombs
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.02,0:06:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to destroy the harvest in Homs\Nin 2016 to starve the population,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.25,0:06:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we stationed White Helmets teams\Naround the fields
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.46,0:06:17.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to put out the fires and protect the crops
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.98,0:06:21.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which were a vital source\Nof food for the people.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.16,0:06:28.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In short, the White Helmets\Nhave become the Swiss Army knife
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.73,0:06:32.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for community service delivery in crisis.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.24,0:06:36.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have seen how much can be\Nachieved with how little;
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.41,0:06:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that, when that investment
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.90,0:06:47.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is made directly into the community\Nfor the benefit of the community.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.81,0:06:54.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The diversity in our backgrounds\Nis critical to our success
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.27,0:06:58.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our shared training has provided us
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.97,0:07:04.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a common language\Nas well as a flexible tool kit
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.45,0:07:08.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for delivering the needs\Nof the community as they evolve.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.20,0:07:16.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a female member of the White Helmets,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.46,0:07:20.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have experienced\Nthe diversity firsthand.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.76,0:07:28.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Women have been part\Nof the organization since the beginning,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.37,0:07:30.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we, too, are diverse.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.98,0:07:36.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In our ranks, we have mothers,\Nteachers, students, accountants,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.21,0:07:40.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,journalists, and many other professions.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.26,0:07:45.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although we remain a minority\Nin the organization,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.53,0:07:47.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our numbers are growing
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.65,0:07:53.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,helped by increasing the recognition\Nand unique and valuable role
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.41,0:07:55.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that female several defenders
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.87,0:07:59.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can play in serving their own communities.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.21,0:08:01.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.82,0:08:07.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through community awareness campaigns\Nand providing medical services,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.86,0:08:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we have enabled access
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.52,0:08:15.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to otherwise close gender,\Nand community, and cultural groups.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.89,0:08:20.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We offer a unique conduit
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.10,0:08:23.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for humanitarian\Nneeds assessment, and engagement
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.41,0:08:27.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,far beyond Syrian civil defense,\Ncivil defense limits.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.73,0:08:33.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At first, women were an anomaly,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.51,0:08:39.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but over time, we were accepted\Nby the whole communities.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.50,0:08:45.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are no longer\Nthe hidden victims of the war.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.05,0:08:50.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are respected and honored
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.35,0:08:54.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for serving our communities,\Nfor saving lives,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.72,0:08:57.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for giving hope to those in despair.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.73,0:09:02.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where are we now?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.44,0:09:05.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our core mission
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.16,0:09:11.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to save lives\Nand deliver essential services,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.49,0:09:14.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the work of the White Helmets
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.78,0:09:17.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has an impact far beyond\Nthe communities we serve.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.73,0:09:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We established ambulance networks
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.32,0:09:27.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which support local clinics\Nand international organizations
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.35,0:09:32.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including Médecins Sans Frontières\Nand other NGOs.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.98,0:09:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,White Helmets have facilitated\Nthe delivery of humanitarian aid
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.72,0:09:44.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have conducted\Nemergency repairs in ceasefire areas
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.86,0:09:48.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enabling the return of displaced families.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.02,0:09:56.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are the main organization clearing\Nunexploded munitions inside Syria.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.32,0:10:01.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We provide daily cessation of hostilities
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.77,0:10:05.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the Office of the UN Special Envoy.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.85,0:10:09.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We document chemical weapons,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.91,0:10:13.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cluster bombs, and other banned weapons
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.96,0:10:18.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which are reported\Nby Human Rights Watch and others.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.72,0:10:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One hundred and sixty five\Nof our volunteers have been killed,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.31,0:10:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and over 480 have suffered\Nlife-changing injuries.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.96,0:10:40.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our work has frequently referred to
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.78,0:10:46.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the most dangerous job\Nin the world, in this state,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.20,0:10:49.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a war that has claimed
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.37,0:10:55.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the lives of 450,000 civilians
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.90,0:10:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with over 50% of families displaced.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.02,0:11:05.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our greatest contribution
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.16,0:11:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has not been to save 87,500 lives
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.18,0:11:14.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to give hope\Nwhere previously there was none.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.30,0:11:20.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hope, by its nature, looks forward.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.79,0:11:26.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We hoped and imagined\Nthat the conflict would end sooner,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.60,0:11:32.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we would lay down our tools\Nand return to our normal lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:34.15,0:11:36.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today, we know
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.01,0:11:40.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that what it has happened\Nto our country will not be undone,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.61,0:11:46.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and for most of our volunteers,\Nthere are no homes to return to.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:49.40,0:11:50.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our vision now
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.74,0:11:56.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that what we have rebuilt\Nin the past four years
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.47,0:11:59.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will play an essential role
Dialogue: 0,0:11:59.46,0:12:05.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the reconstruction, recovery,\Nand the reconciliation of our country.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.15,0:12:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We hope that the teams\Nthat are today using their tools
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.74,0:12:16.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to break through the rubble,\Nsearching for survivors,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.58,0:12:21.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will, in the future, use those same tools
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.44,0:12:26.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to rebuild houses, roads,\Nand local community infrastructure.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.77,0:12:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day, fighting will end.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.70,0:12:37.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When that happens,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.64,0:12:39.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the greatest challenge
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.07,0:12:42.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not to rebuild roads\Nbetween communities
Dialogue: 0,0:12:43.76,0:12:46.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but to rebuild trust between them.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.57,0:12:51.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Trust has been destroyed inside Syria,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.49,0:12:55.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trust in the government who claimed
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.20,0:13:00.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it had a responsibility\Nto protect its civilians,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.96,0:13:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trust and the desire or ability\Nin the international community
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.69,0:13:10.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take an action on their behalf,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.91,0:13:17.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and trust in our fellow Syrians to behave\Ntowards one another with humanity.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.50,0:13:24.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We owe our success to date
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.92,0:13:27.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the trust placed in us
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.16,0:13:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by the desperate communities we serve.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.50,0:13:37.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This trust has been earned by our actions
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.83,0:13:42.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the legitimacy,\Nand representativeness,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.70,0:13:47.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the credibility of our members,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.70,0:13:51.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the humanitarian values they embody,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.96,0:13:56.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and through the clear mission\Nof the organization:
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.94,0:13:59.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,save lives and serve the community.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.76,0:14:06.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the same way, White Helmets\Nhave brought hope in hopelessness.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:08.29,0:14:12.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our vision is to help restore trust\Nwhere there is none.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.50,0:14:18.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every single one of us\Nhas taken an oath to save lives
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.53,0:14:24.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regardless of political,\Nreligious, or sectarian affiliation.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.29,0:14:30.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have rescued combatants from all sides
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.83,0:14:35.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including regime soldiers,\NRussian soldiers, Hezbollah,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.84,0:14:38.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,opposition fighters, and even ISIS.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.87,0:14:44.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The devastation of war\Ndoes not distinguish between its victims,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.56,0:14:50.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so peace should not distinguish\Nbetween its beneficiaries.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.23,0:14:58.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The future needs more White Helmets,\Nordinary people like us,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.43,0:15:06.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who, with the training, can volunteer\Nto rebuild the fabric of our society.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:08.11,0:15:12.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I look around at who these people will be;
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.32,0:15:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most of them were children\Nwhen this war started.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.66,0:15:23.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the time, they used to play soldiers;
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.97,0:15:27.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,today, they play White Helmets.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:28.17,0:15:29.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.43,0:15:30.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:33.88,0:15:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:35.85,0:15:37.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cheers)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:37.46,0:15:38.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)