hi
this special video includes an airport a
prison
war and canada here is how it went
one day i woke up to an email that said
this guy
needs your help i respond i look the guy
up and turns out he really needs help he
is a syrian refugee
stuck in an airport in malaysia for six
months he has no home
no valid passport and no way of getting
out of the airport
hi my name is hassan i reached him on
the phone and
understood that he doesn't need money or
food he just needs people
to get him out of the airport a group of
canadian volunteers were trying to
sponsor him to canada
but the process takes 26
months
i went to the social media because i was
really desperate with no other solution
i wanted to help hassan i wanted to meet
him and make a video
but there was one problem i can't meet
him
because hassan is stuck in malaysia and
i am not allowed to enter malaysia
instead my friend aegon and i came up
with an idea
it was me who flew to malaysia instead i
meet him in the terminal
make a video with him and then come back
honestly
we knew it was a little bit risky but
definitely worth it
because it worked we put the video
together
launched it the next morning and the
next thing we know
his story exploded
millions of people wanted to help hassan
we felt happy we thought he could
finally be
free until all of a sudden hassan
disappeared
he was sent to jail for talking to the
media he was about to be deported back
to syria
and that could be the end of him you
probably can imagine
how terrible and nervous we all were we
were getting thousands of comments
of angry people saying your video is the
reason this person is going to die
his lawyers friends and everybody were
working 24
7 to try and free him from jail and
millions of other people on the internet
were concerned but one day before all
hope was lost
hassan was released the international
pressure worked
and that video we made about him
expedited the process
from 23 months to two months it
worked the real heroes of this story
welcomed him in canada his life went
from this to this
and this and this i am now free in
canada he is now starting a new life as
a free man
i have work i have my own place there is
nothing to complain about
what you're looking at is the best
example of humanity where a few
canadians and lawyers
saved his life and millions of
good-hearted malaysians canadians and
internet people supported them i enjoy
my life i'm still living my dream it's
my fairy tale
you're one like one comment one share
can literally move mountains and
potentially save lives
hassan's story is the perfect example of
why you
should never doubt the power of people
see you next week people they have the
power
they can lead the change they can be the
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before you go one last thing that video
you just saw
i made using this camera and this
microphone
but for the first time ever i'm ditching
my camera
and i'm picking up my podcasting
equipment
because yes i'm starting a podcast
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only on spotify
and if you liked that video i think
you're gonna love the podcast
because i just wanted to make a podcast
about things that
i would listen to about topics that i
want to listen to
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