Zedabdeen Hadi's uncle officially becomes his dad
Photo credit: J. Conrad Williams Jr. | Zedabdeen Hadi shares a moment with his uncle, Hasan Khazaal, who officially adopted him in Nassau County Surrogate's Court in Mineola. (Feb. 27, 2013)
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The bomb-scarred life of a 5-year-old Iraqi refugee took a hopeful turn Wednesday in a Mineola courtroom, when the uncle who nursed him back to life and brought him to America adopted him.
The uncle, Hasan Khazaal, had been a high school student in Dujail, Iraq, when he rescued his nephew following a 2008 car bombing.
Nassau County Surrogate's Court Judge Edward W. McCarty III, who served...
