but now it is impossible. barbara, what about you? do you miss your friends, do you miss home? a little bit. a little bit. yeah. gary, leslie, this was quite a feat, taking in anna, her daughter, now her husband as well, amidst this war in ukraine you were born in kyiv, your family left the soviet union in 1979. talk to me about the choice union family made that even leslie made to taken anna and her daughter. it was a very, very easy choice. there was no hesitation. as soon as we saw that there was a war that was imminent, i was speaking with sacha and anna dailey.
i told them, if you need to come, please come. it was not a hard choice to make. these are our friends, we ve been friends for a long time. it was easy to take them into our family. go ahead, anna. please. we are very thankful for our new family. and of course, for all american people who continue supporting and helping us in ukraine. gary, how did you meet anna and her husband, sasha? i wasn t even a medical mission in 2002. sasha and i had the same professions. i got to meet him at the hospital he was working at at the time. we ve been friends ever since. were you on board from the beginning, leslie?
here s one family story of escape and hope. they made it to the u.s. on march 3rd. but more than anything, and yet wants to return home. i m here only because of i think if i didn t have i would be in ukraine with my husband and my family. translator: she reporter: she is also seeing things through her young daughter s eyes. she said, yes, i am s home but i want to live as well, to have a real life. have a real life. joining me now from madison, wisconsin, is anna and her daughter, ukrainian refugees. gary and leslie, and the americans who took them in. welcome to you all, guys. thank you for joining us on this. anna, let me start with you on this one, if i can.
yeah, well we wish go ahead. i m steadying every, day all day, the past my exams. we wish you the best of luck. that is for sure. we need more great cardiologists in this country, as i know all too well. we are so thankful for gary and leslie for housing you. of course, via unification, the reunification you ve had with sacha and your husband. barbara, we wish you the best of luck as well in school. we are thank you thankful for you to keep this in the forefront. because of the tragedy that occurs every day there is unspeakable. we can t stress enough how disastrous it is that the ukrainian people have to relocate and run away, some of them have nothing to go back to.
friends. but we know there is so many, many more people who need this kind of help. anna, would you like to go home if you can one day, if the war ends and ukraine is a safe place to be once again? would you like to move home with your daughter and husband? first plane. first plane. why is that? because i miss my home. it must be incredibly difficult. i know that you are here under a temporary protected status, on an 18-month stay from your arrival day. you have about six months left. your husband is in a program which allows a two year stay with a u.s. sponsor. what are your plans to extend that? i want to find a job. i will try to pass my exam to