I'm here because I care about the suffering of children worldwide. Every day, 40,000 people, mostly children, die from hunger. Rachel Corry, from Olympia, Washington, became famous when she was crushed to death by a bulldozer in Gaza. She was an international human rights activist who witnessed the difficult situation there. Children have been shot and killed, houses demolished, and water wells destroyed, including over half of Rafa's water supply. Rachel's death made her the first American martyr in Palestine at the age of 23.
Speaker 0: I'm here because I care. I'm here because children everywhere are suffering and because 40,000 people die each day from hunger. I'm here because those people are mostly children.
Speaker 1: My name is Rachel Corey. I'm from the United States, from Olympia, Washington.
Speaker 2: Rachel Corry became internationally famous When she was crushed to death by a bulldozer in Gaza last year.
Speaker 1: We are international human rights I've been here for about a month and a half now, and this is definitely the most difficult situation that I've ever seen. In the time that I've been here, children have been shot and killed. On the 30th January, the Israeli military bulldozed the 2 largest water wells, Destroying over over half of Rafa's water supply. Every few days, if not every day, Houses are are demolished here.
Speaker 2: We are unarmed international human rights of truth. When the bulldozer crushed her. Rachel became the first American martyr to die in Palestine at the age of 23.