Ukrainian family of 11 arrives in Southwest Florida after escape

LEE COUNTY

A Ukrainian household made it to security in Southwest Florida. That household of 11 landed at Southwest Florida Worldwide Airport on Saturday evening.

WINK Information reporter Marcello Cuadra was there because the household walked out of the terminal. Cuadra spoke with the kids’s grandparents earlier Saturday, they usually mentioned the final time they noticed their grandchildren was two years in the past.

Saturday afternoon, this North Port residence was principally quiet and empty. However now, it’s crammed with the sounds of a household reunited.

Nelli and Walter Roshuk spoke to WINK Information through a translator. “She says pleasure and likewise worrying however so grateful that she is going to be capable of see them on this earth whereas she’s nonetheless right here,” Nelli mentioned.

That very same house is the place the Roshuks’ son, his spouse and their 9 kids will keep after escaping Ukraine. “This can be a home that, with the funds that we constituted of the spearheading the fundraiser, that is the home that we put a safety deposit on. With the funds we made and on the primary month of hire. So that is the place they’re going to [be] clearly you possibly can see many issues are nonetheless wanted,” they mentioned.

A model new residence for a household that needed to depart theirs almost two months in the past. “They left on the twenty fifth of February. The day the conflict began on the twenty fourth. However as a result of they noticed the tanks and the planes flying, they packed the automotive with the kids solely no materials items. They usually drove to Hungary,” they mentioned.

The journey took them by a number of international locations and cities, together with Austria, Germany, Tijuana, and Minneapolis they usually lastly landed in Fort Myers. “She says she’s nonetheless frightened and struggling for the people who find themselves left behind. All of her household is just not along with her. And she or he worries in regards to the Ukrainian individuals basically. So sure, a really disturbing time in her life,” mentioned Nelli.

Lydia Sokolowski helped to translate this interview. She additionally mentioned that getting the household to the U.S. was a workforce effort. “We’re all on this collectively. And to see God reply our prayers and convey this household right here, we simply need to reward him loudly, and we Baptists are very low-keyed in church, however we simply need to shout and yell and say ‘thanks Lord,’” Sokolowski mentioned.

After years aside, Nelli and Walter are lastly capable of hug their household as soon as once more. “I feel the principle message is cherish your loved ones, love them, hug them as a result of she has not had that chance for a few years. Equivalent to thank loving your loved ones, however in all this, she thanks God that that is obtainable to us for now,” Nelli mentioned.

Marcello requested the couple what the very first thing they’ll do collectively could be, they usually mentioned that they’d rejoice their eldest daughter’s twenty fifth wedding ceremony anniversary. They plan to get the entire household collectively.

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