greece and turkey. i know if i swim across the river, on the other side is greece. the greeks and the turks have been enemies for thousands of years, mortal enemies. there was no way the greeks are going to send me back to turkey, unless i kill someone. i saw turkish border guards patrolling this open section. i know somewhere just up ahead is real freedom, which is what greece was for me. when the sun set, i started making my way out across this rocky field. i kind of dropped down into this irrigation ditch. i started to come up over the top of the ditch, and i heard footsteps. i couldn t quite make out where it was. but it was getting closer. it was two turkish border guards
it was two turkish border guards walking along the top of the ridge that i was about to be going over. and i froze. i was curled up on the bottom thinking, stone, inanimate object. and i m getting freaked now. it s like, that was really close. at one point, i heard dogs. and that freaked me out. for some reason, i took off my shoes and socks, these old beat up sneakers and socks, thinking if they were following my scent, these dogs would come and smell these sneakers and blow their noses out and they wouldn t be able to follow me anymore. it seemed like a good idea at the time. it was a terrible idea because
the greeks and the turks have been enemies for thousands of years, mortal enemies. there was no way the greeks are going to send me back to turkey, unless i kill someone. i saw turkish border guards patrolling this open section. i know somewhere just up ahead is real freedom, which is what greece was for me. when the sun set, i started making my way out across this rocky field. i kind of dropped down into this irrigation ditch. i started to come up over the top of the ditch, and i heard footsteps. i couldn t quite make out where it was. but it was getting closer. it was two turkish border guards
greece. the greeks and the turks have been enemies for thousands of years, mortal enemies. there was no way the greeks are going to send me back to turkey, unless i kill someone. i saw turkish border guards patrolling this open section. i know somewhere just up ahead is real freedom, which is what greece was for me. when the sun set, i started making my way out across this rocky field. i kind of dropped down into this irrigation ditch. i started to come up over the top of the ditch, and i heard footsteps. i couldn t quite make out where it was. but it was getting closer. it was two turkish border guards walking along the top of the
i kind of dropped down into this irrigation ditch. i started to come up over the top of the ditch, and i heard footsteps. i couldn t quite make out where it was. but it was getting closer. it was two turkish border guards walking along the top of the ridge that i was about to be going over. and i froze. i was curled up on the bottom thinking, stone, inanimate object. and i m getting freaked now. it s like, that was really close.