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Sanja, Gordana, Savo, and Slavko Heleta in 2006 |
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Savo’s graduation from St. John’s University, Minnesota, in 2006 |
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Savo’s dad in 1991 |
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Savo swam in the freezing cold river Drina for almost 2 miles to escape from Gorazde in April 1994 |
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Sanja and Savo in 1984, enjoying an idyllic, peaceful childhood |
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Gorazde, the city where Savo spent his childhood and two horrific years during the war |
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Savo’s family was detained in this building during the war |
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Savo’s parents after their escape in 1994; they lost half of their body weight each in two years |
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Listening to a former Robben Island prisoner in 2005 |
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Map of the Former Yugoslavia |
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Savo volunteering at a primary school in South Africa |
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The escape route |
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Savo Heleta |
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Not My Turn to Die Memoirs of a Broken Childhood in Bosnia |
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Sanja in New York in 2000 |
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Sanja and Savo in 2004 |
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Savo and Sanja in 2005 |
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Click on the photos to enlarge. The media can use the photos on this page as long as they credit them with “Photo provided by Savo Heleta” |
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