Ronald McDonald House Provides 'Family' for Iraqis

Despite everything that four-year-old Zeenabdeen Hadi and his uncle, Hasan Khazaal, went through to get to the United States and get Hadi medical attention, the two have found a home and "family" at the .

A car bomb near Hadi's home badly injured him and made him seem as if he were dead, but Khazaal had a feeling his nephew didn't die. Ever since then, Khazaal went to various Iraqi medical facilities and ultimately contacted the Army in Iraq to get his nephew medical attention.

Through nonprofit organizations, the two are in New York staying at the Ronald McDonald House of Long Island and Hadi is about halfway through the number of surgeries he needs to repair his face.

Despite experiencing this trauma at such a young age, Hadi now enjoys drinking the sodas in the Ronald McDonald House's vending machine -- particularly orange soda when New Hyde Park Patch sat down with him and his uncle -- and he likes to color and draw. Khazaal also said his nephew likes the cartoons Tom & Jerry and Shrek.

Of the pair's new temporary home, Khazaal said "it feels like they're family. I can talk to everyone."

Some of the pair's "family" includes a family from state that visits the house often, the Curralls.