(subtle relaxing music) - When it's war beginning, I was married and I was mother of the six and a half years girl and two and a half years boy.

My home was only few blocks far from the Sarajevo Airport.

Before war, other side of our part of the town, they called Rabia, it was a huge Yugoslav military base.

Other side, we have airport and then all around this is double circle, Yugoslav militaries, and there is no place you can escape from the DAH-BRIHN-YAH.. Snipers in Sarajevo killed so many people.

This is, you don't know from where.

You cannot go outside.

Little children is a target.

One day in April there was beautiful sunny day, door, a living room and a balcony was open.

We were sitting in the living room and watching the kids, there was playing, and one moment you share something cute, that moment my daughter and she was pulling my son who is two and a half years old, sniper from somewhere, they saw children and they go over my son's, the head.

You cannot imagine how this is six and a half years old, that the child saved her brother.

One day, when I receive the phone call from my friend, she works on the radio, Radio Sarajevo, she called me and she said, "Hey, I cannot believe you are still there."

I said, "Yeah, I don't have a choice now.

"I couldn't go.

"I couldn't escape."

And she told me these airplanes, this is coming in, you should go.

There'll be Yugoslav military is coming in your part town.

They will kill everyone.

Officer, he's calling the people.

He have a huge list.

The people who is on a list to get an airplane.

And my husband is looking at me and he said, there is no chance.

Why did you risk all of this?

And I said, well, you never know.

And officer, he was still there and calling the name.

That moment, that was a second.

I grabbed my son from my husband, he was holding him and I grabbed my daughter and go straight to the door like he called my name, and I get in.

When I was coming to Zagreb, my friend, the journalist, they really helped me find apartment.

I have nothing, and I was refugee.

I was in a line with other people, other refugee to get humanitarian aids because I have to save the money for a pay apartment, for a pay for children's school, for daycare, and save the money when I get a chance to send to my family in Sarajevo, who is struggling.

- First civilian airplane landing in Sarajevo after Dayton Peace Accord, and I was there.

I was there.

I cannot describe how happy I am, and emotional.

I'm going, sorry, I'm going home.

You couldn't recognize anything.

And I'm looking on the street where it used to be my house that was all like a skeleton.

And my husband and I that night we are sitting and talking.

We have to really take our chance and go give the children education and better life.

Someone from the French force, from the Bosnia, it's also recommended and say, Hey, there was in downtown Dayton, they're going to open the market.

You should go there.

Well I live in a small tiny apartment.

I cannot get the baking license there.

Well the people from church, they found their solution.

There was old, the pastor home next to the church.

They said, well there was nice kitchen.

We are going to get license there.

And I get license.

My first license was in old pastor's kitchen and they helped me.

I cannot tell you how much does this mean to me, how much I was happy and I was looking in a license.

Yes, I can make it.

That was me.

City has changed so much.

Yeah, it is beautiful.

They live in peace.

They rebuilt some things, but I think my home is, not think, I know I belong to here.

My home is here.

I feel once when I was returning from Europe, from the Bosnian visit, and custom, an airport officer returned my passport and told me, Hey, welcome back home.

I stopped.

I was coming from Bosnia.

Look at her.

Yeah, this is my home.

I'm coming home.

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