'So when we speak to him on the phone, you would hear the bombs going off[ and] you would hear the heavy artillery. I don't think anyone would imagine their parents in a war zone and out of nowhere.'
The children of Ahmed and Nafisa said the couple has been working to get back to the U.S. as the fighting in Sudan intensifies.Imad, a Bay area resident who asked ABC News not to disclose his full name, said his parents Ahmed, 74, and Nafisa, 66, who are dual U.S.-Sudanese citizens, were in the country for the last few months trying to sell a property before retiring fully in America.
Imad said last week he spoke to his father after he was missing for a few hours, when the fighting was getting more ferocious in a mall in Khartoum.Ahmed was able to stay in a hotel for two days while Nafisa hid in another part of the city, according to Imad."So when we speak to him on the phone, you would hear the bombs going off[ and] you would hear the heavy artillery," Imad said, adding that he and his family felt helpless trying to help their parents thousands of miles away.
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