Iraqi burn victim transported to U.S.

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Amil, the mother of 3-year-old Iraqi burn victim Al Amreeki, sees her country from the air for the first time through the window of a C-17 Globemaster III during a flight to the United States March 21. Al Amreeki was only given 48 hours to live after being burned in a fire. Two months later he and his mother are being transported back to the United States for further treatment and physical therapy. U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Allen

Iraqi burn victim transported to U.S.

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Capt. Jay Williams, 332nd Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight Critical Care Transportation Team, talks with Amil, the mother of 3-year-old Iraqi burn victim Al Amreeki, before a flight to the United States March 21. Al Amreeki was only given 48 hours to live after being burned in a fire. Two months later he and his mother are being transported back to the United States for further treatment and physical therapy. U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Allen

Iraqi burn victim transported to U.S.

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Capt. Jay Williams, 332nd Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight Critical Care Transportation Team, prepares 3-year-old burn victim Al Amreeki, for a flight to the United States March 21. Al Amreeki was only given 48 hours to live after being burned in a fire. Two months later he and his mother are being transported back to the United States for further treatment and physical therapy. U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Allen

Iraqi burn victim transported to U.S.

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Basem Hadi, an Iraqi interpreter, says good-bye to Al Amreeki, a 3-year-old Iraqi burn victim, March 21. Hadi worked very closely with the family while Al Amreeki was under the medical care of the Air Force Theater Hospital. Al Amreeki was only given 48 hours to live after being burned in a fire. Two months later he and his mother are being transported back to the United States for further treatment and physical therapy. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Allen)

Iraqi burn victim transported to U.S.

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Al Amreeki, a 3-year-old Iraqi burn victim is carried from a bus to a C-17 Globemaster III that will fly him to the United States. Al Amreeki was only given 48 hours to live after being burned in a fire. Two months later he and his mother are being transported back to the United States for further treatment and physical therapy. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Allen)

Iraqi burn victim transported to U.S.

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Capt. Konemann, 332nd Expeditionary Medical Squadron, says good-bye March 21 to Al Amreeki, a 3-year-old burn victim who has been in her care for two months at the Air Force Theater Hospital here. Al Amreeki was only given 48 hours to live after being burned in a fire. Two months later he and his mother are being transported back to the United States for further treatment and physical therapy. U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Allen