article_snippet.sent: They gathered 100 men and women in five buses and drove us to the smuggling point.
article_snippet.sent: us walked for 30 minutes, through rough terrain and orange farms near the beach, in darkness to avoid detection by police.
article_snippet.sent: The idea was to take us in three small boats to the main ship.
article_snippet.sent: I still remember an old lady, barely able to walk, with her two sons, marching along as fast as they could to try to reach three small boats.
article_snippet.sent: they were told that if they didn't walk faster, the boat would leave without they.
article_snippet.sent: For three days us waited in the boat for two other parties of 100 people to join us before departing.
article_snippet.sent: This time, they had a bigger boat -- a cargo ship, in fact, maybe 85 meters long or more.
article_snippet.sent: It took five days to get everyone on board the ship -- 391 of us in total, refugees from cities all over Syria.