D.C. War Zone: Uber Driver From Iraq Survives Hail of Gunfire Just Blocks From the White House (Video)
An Uber driver from Iraq who left his home country to escape war was caught in a hail of gunfire over the weekend in Washington, D.C. just blocks from the White House.
Omar Al-Furaiji had picked up two passengers near the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle (famous for holding the funeral of President Kennedy in 1963) located about six blocks north of the White House near the intersection of Rhode Island Avenue and Connecticut Avenue, NW. Bullets started flying, hitting his SUV several times. The passengers were not hurt. Al-Furaiji was not hit by any bullets but he was wounded by glass shards from bullets that went through his windshield near his head. One bullet pierced his seat near his shoulder before hitting the windshield.
