US Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Dr. Laurence Ronan of Mass. General Hospital, and the philanthropist Raymond Tye led the effort to bring Rakan to Boston.
He arrived in September 2005 and spent his first couple of weeks at MGH. Left, Nurse Karen McDonough carried him, accompanied by Aomar Nait-Talb, a MGH employee from Morocco who speaks Arabic. Nait-Talb volunteered as a translator and became Rakan's friend.
He arrived in September 2005 and spent his first couple of weeks at MGH. Left, Nurse Karen McDonough carried him, accompanied by Aomar Nait-Talb, a MGH employee from Morocco who speaks Arabic. Nait-Talb volunteered as a translator and became Rakan's friend.
(Globe Staff Photo / Michele McDonald)
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