SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) — On this Thanksgiving, Christina Dahro is thankful to be alive and surrounded by family, and knowing that her family in the Middle East is safe with the start of a 60-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon.
“My dad and my brother are in Lebanon, obviously due to unfortunate situation. But I am ready to celebrate. I have like three bottles of Camus, ready to go, to celebrate the ceasefire!,” says Dahro.
Dahro, who lives in San Jose, shared her daring escape out of Lebanon where she was visiting family, with ABC7 News in October. Documenting on social media the destruction on the road to the airport following Israel’s stepped-up bombardment of Beirut, in an escalation in its war with Hezbollah.
She bought a $2,000 ticket for a one-hour flight to Cairo, leaving her father behind.
“All I remember is my dad just saying, ‘Oh God!’ Seeing that come through my …