Nothing is for certain, except the day you left and sausages for Thursday breakfast (the kind you hate). We don’t count down the days til home, only can count up how long we’ve been here, been gone. Days stack slowly, but time is always running. Look over your shoulder, the pile is already a mountain. 146 days and counting….
— Marcin, 23. Day 2. Thunder Bay.
Waiting in the harbor. For three months. For our paycheck. For our plane ticket to Ukraine, to home.
— Voytek. Thunder Bay. Day 2. 10:43 p.m.
Mariusz, 21, motorman. From Sczecin, Poland. Looking forward to playing soccer with his buds when he gets home.


