off at the knee during a bomb blast and is heard crying out for his father s help. we have to warn you, some viewers may find the video difficult to watch. here s ben wedeman. it starts with confusion, thick with dust. a man appears carrying something. it s a boy, bleeding stumps where his legs were just momenting before. someone cries for an ambulance. the boy sits up. pick me up, daddy, he cries. this was the aftermath of what syrian activists say were air raids by regime helicopters dropping barrel bombs on an around the town. the syrian government has yet to comment on the incident. later, video also posted by activists claims to show him in a hospital bed. how s your health, he s asked. he stares back.
more. reporter: it starts with confusion, air thick with dust. . a man appears to be carrying something. it s a boy. bleeding stumps where his legs were moments before. someone cries for an ambulance. the boy sits up. pick me up, daddy, he cries this was the aftermath of what syrian activists were air raids by regime helicopters. dropping barrel bombs on and around the town. the syrian government has yet to comment on the incident. later video also posted by activists claims to show him in a hospital bed. how is your health, he s asked. he stares back silent. the syrian regime urged on by russia says it s holding to a cease-fire, but it s patchy at pest. rebels were fighting government