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Summary Of Swimming For Her Life By Kristin Lewis
In the article Swimming for Her Life by Kristin Lewis is about a teenager becomes a refugee.The main character is a girl named Yusra Mardini.She had to flee from her home in Damascus,Syria because a war broke out, so she decided to flee.When she fled she faced becoming a refugee in another country.Part way through the journey they decided to go on a boat and 20 minutes into the boat ride the motor stopped and the boat started to go under.Then her and her sister jumped in the water and pushed the boat to the shore.The government gave her permission to go to a refugee camp in Berlin,Germany.Then the International Olympic Committee(IOC)was starting to put a olympic team together for the first ever refugee team of olympians.Her dream came true
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