‘I was tearing up:’ Students react as Ukrainian soldiers read messages of support
By Sheldon Ingram
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NEW CASTLE, Pennsylvania (WTAE) — On February 3, students at Neshannock High School sent more than 300 letters of support to lift the morale of Ukrainian soldiers.
Those letters arrived a week ago, and on Tuesday, Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 showed the students a video of the soldiers receiving their letters and reading them out loud.
“I was tearing up a lot, just seeing the circumstances everyone is living under and what they’re going through, and to be able to fight for the country they love, and the people they love, is really inspiring,” says Catherine Spor.
She and many of her classmates were persuaded to write the letters by another student named Arsenii, who fled Ukraine with his mother and sister while his father stayed behind to fight on the front line.
Arsenii watched with his schoolmates as the soldiers read their letters and cards, while expressing gratitude.
“They were really happy that kids from another country, from another continent across the ocean, know about their problems,” he says.
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