The disturbing image of his death showed to the world the dangers that Syrian refugees faced as they fled their country amid a devastating civil war.
On Sunday, Alan Kurdi’s name was bestowed on a German rescue ship operated by Sea-Eye, a nonprofit that tries to save refugees in similarly dangerous situations.
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Gorden Isler, a fundraiser for Sea-Eye, said that he named the boat in honor of the boy after seeing a picture of him on the beach in September 2015.
Source: Migrant rescue ship renamed in honor of Syrian boy Alan Kurdi
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