Two men who nearly died in 2016 during their treacherous walk across the Canada-U.S. border in the frigid cold say it’s a privilege to finally call themselves Canadians.
With the red and white of the Canadian flag draped over their back, Seidu Mohammed and Razak Iyal became citizens of their new home in separate virtual ceremonies earlier this month.
Mohammed, 30, was the first of the two men who lost all their fingers to frostbite to receive his citizenship certificate in the mail.
“It’s beautiful how it looks. Very beautiful. So I’m protecting it with my life,” he says, chuckling, as he shows off the certificate, protected by a plastic sleeve,
