'When I saw them for the last time, I shedded some tears because it's like not only will I maybe not ever see you again on the basketball level. I may not never see you on the livelihood level because of what's going on right now.'
Maurice “Mo” Creek had moved to Mykolaiv to play professional basketball in December and just recently escaped from the warzone.Sitting in his living room at home in the U.S., Maurice"Mo" Creek holds his mother's hand days after escaping Ukraine as she holds back tears.
By Tuesday, Creek was in Iasi, a city in eastern Romania, miles away from the madness with plans of catching the first flight to the United States. He was reunited with his family last Thursday.Urinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images, FILE "I just pray for them every day and their families," Creek told ABC News."Because when I saw them for the last time, I shedded some tears because it's like not only will I maybe not ever see you again on the basketball level. I may not never see you on the livelihood level because of what's going on right now."While in Ukraine, Creek said what he saw reminded him of the popular military combat video game, Call of Duty.
"The scariest moments for me that I felt was when it hit at nighttime and it's no light; it is no lights," he said."I'm talking about it looked like if you had a plug, and you could plug every light to the city like somebody just took the plug out and the whole city was black." Creek said what got him through his time in Ukraine was the phone calls, emails, texts, social media outreach and most importantly, the prayers from people. Creek said his biggest advice for anyone who is currently stuck in Ukraine and is losing hope as he once felt, is to keep your hope alive.
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