Images of an orphaned girl somewhere in Hungary were the first flickers of hope Wyatt Raitt had felt in days.
But the 22-year-old said he soon learned they didn’t show Arila, the seven-year-old he’d travelled to the Polish-Ukrainian border to help rescue.
Raitt left Ancaster Ont., on March 7 in hopes of meeting with a university friend named Alek and somehow bringing his young sister to safety while her brother goes back to fight.
The pair didn’t show up on the dates they had arranged to meet.
Ten days after leaving home, Raitt still hasn’t heard from the siblings.
“Each day that goes by, it makes me fear the worst has
