20171121 - Lost Boys (HRB)

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H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com McHenry Middle School students listen as Lost Boy of Sudan Peter Magai Bul (cq) explains on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017 how he fled his village in Sudan at the age of 7. After a three month journey by foot, as an unaccompanied minor fleeing the civil war in Sudan, Bul spent years in refugee camps before finally making it to the US for the next step in his journey.

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H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com Two of the Lost Boys of Sudan, Peter Magai Bul (cq) (left) and Gabriel Dut spoke to McHenry Middle School students on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017. The students have been reading “A Long Walk to Water,” which is based on a true story about a Sudanese Lost Boy. After a three month journey by foot, as unaccompanied minors fleeing civil war in Sudan, Bul and Dut spent years in refugee camps before arriving in th US for the next step in their journey.

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H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com Lost Boy of Sudan Peter Magai Bul (cq) explains how he fled his village in Sudan at the age of 7 during a visit to McHenry Middle School on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017. After a three month journey by foot, as an unaccompanied minor fleeing the civil war in Sudan, Bul spent years in refugee camps before finally making it to the US for the next step in his journey.

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H. Rick Bamman - hbamman@shawmedia.com Lost Boy of Sudan, Peter Magai Bul (cq) speaks to McHenry Middle School students on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017. The students have been reading “A Long Walk to Water,” which is based on a true story about a Sudanese Lost Boy. Bul, a Sudanese refugee, fled his village in Sudan at the age of 7.