An Iraqi boy , 2 , travels to Baghdad to have 12-pound bone removed . The family is Sunni , and the hospital treating Safa ' a fell under the control of the Mehdi Army , a Shiite militia loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr . Liquor tycoon in U.S. comes to boy 's aid , pays all his medical expenses . ` ` Tears come to your eyes , '' the boy 's American donor says . After surgery , the boy 's mother says , ` ` I can not put my pain into words ''
An Iraqi boy , 2 , travels to Baghdad to have 12-pound bone removed . Liquor tycoon in U.S. comes to boy 's aid , pays all his medical expenses . ` ` Tears come to your eyes , '' the boy 's American donor says . After surgery , the boy 's mother says , ` ` I can not put my pain into words ''