By Elizabeth Campbell

Fort Well worth Star-Telegram
KRAKOW, Poland — Pawel Nabialek planned to devote his getaway on the French Riviera and in Barcelona to watch a soccer match, but he scrapped his seashore vacation to help Ukrainian refugees fleeing to Poland.
Nabialek, a lieutenant with the Fort Value police division, is paying his 3-7 days trip in Poland, where by he was born, to aid the gals and youngsters fleeing Ukraine to get to protected locations.
Men and women who fled the war in Ukraine wait at the prepare station in Przemysl, southeastern Poland, Thursday, March 17, 2022. (AP Picture/Petros Giannakouris)
“How can I consider a image on a French seaside when there is a war in Europe?” he said. Nabialek landed in Krakow on March 14, bringing crisis initially support supplies, which include tourniquets, knives, ponchos and tactical flashlights. He introduced the supplies to the Ukraine border to assistance the soldiers.
He then rented a vehicle and went to a refugee middle at the border, exactly where he registered as a driver to choose females and small children to safe and sound sites.
The relatives Nabialek achieved was a mom and son and the mother’s sister. He realized right away that he experienced to obtain their trust.
He showed them his passport, stated that he was a police officer and presented to become Fb mates.
“They have been shellshocked. They experienced PTSD from the bomb alerts heading off,” he reported.
As they drove from the Ukraine border, the crisis alerts warning of an air raid have been sounding on their telephones, Nabialek explained.
The loved ones preferred to go to a farm about four several hours from Warsaw.
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Nabialek named ahead and spoke to the farmer in Polish, but his instincts as a police officer kicked in, as he did not like the “lousy vibes” and the route of the conversation.
It was a function arrangement the place the woman was meant to get the job done on a tomato farm, Nabialek explained.
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“After 13 yrs as a police officer, I claimed men, I cannot depart you here. He was conversing about the family members like they were being subhuman,” Nabialek stated.
He drove the loved ones back to Warsaw and compensated for a lodge area and told the household there have been considerably extra companies to deliver assistance and more opportunities in Warsaw.
“They ended up so tired they hadn’t slept in days and times,” he stated.
Nabialek was swift to position out that Poland and the Polish people have shown unbelievable generosity and compassion toward the women and young children coming from Ukraine.
Nabialek claimed his relations in Poland are also serving to where they can. His uncle is using beans, rice and other food items into Ukraine.
Nabialek has a Go Fund Me web page, but he is encouraging men and women to donate to charities in Poland operating with the Ukrainian refugees.
When Nabialek observed that Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, he was stunned by what he observed on news experiences.
Nabialek explained he has gotten remarkable assistance from other law enforcement officers and from Tabernacle of Praise Church in Kennedale.
Questioned if he prepared to go to Ukraine, Nabialek claimed he promised his household that he wouldn’t.
The Polish and People have a responsibility to assist the refugees, he mentioned.
“If the gentlemen are heading to remain and combat, we must just take are of their girls and children,” he stated.
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