WARNING - Real!!! graphic images of violence and war against children. Save the Children 'Second a Day' ad is shocking, until you see a real life as it happens. Here is my remix of reality. A young girl's life gets turned upside-down in this tragic second a day video. Could this ever happen in the UK? This is what war does to children. Just because it isn't happening here doesn't mean it isn't happening A fundraising campaign by the relief organization Save the Children includes this striking video depicting a crisis like the one in Syria happening in England in an effort to raise money for Syrian child refugees. #savesyriachildren #ChildrenOfSyria Clips used under Fair Use Laws. Cover Photo 2013 Photo of the Year award, UNICEF Award-Winning Photo Video. Tells Us More About The Syria Crisis Than Any Statistic Can- Taken by Swedish war photographer Niclas Hammarström, the image depicts a girl named Dania, then 11 years old, being cradled in her brother's hands after she was hit by shrapnel while playing in the street in Aleppo. According to UNICEF, almost half of children in Syria live in an acute state of emergency, and few children have not faced violence or lost a family member. In addition to enduring tumultuous violence, Syrian children are in danger of becoming a "lost generation," since so many are being deprived of education and other basic necessities. FIND OUT MORE ABOUT CHILDREN OF WAR in SYRIA http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/syrias-children/children-caught-syrias-brutal-war-struggle-find-comfort-n50206 http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/syrias-children/children-feel-devastating-toll-syrian-civil-war-n49461 http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/syrias-children/no-end-sight-syrias-suffering-n51401
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