http://au.news.yahoo.com/today-tonight/celebrity/article/-/10148524/war-child-wows-crowds/
His journey to The X Factor stage is as extraordinary as his talent.
“I don't have a birth certificate, I don’t have a real passport, a surname – nothing. In some ways people say I’m a man without an identity,” Emmanuel said.
Born into warfare, Emmanuel was found after being abandoned by his parents – left in a shoe box in a park in Baghdad.
Emmanuel and his adopted brother Ahmed were both born without arms and legs, the result of chemical warfare in Iraq. For Moira Kelly, who was to become the pair's adopted mother, it was love at first sight.
Moira brought Emmanuel and Ahmed back to Australia for life changing surgery, and both boys were fitted with prosthetic limbs, allowing them to walk.
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Emmanuel Kelly telling about his life, and singing "Imagine". Really incredible and heart-warming.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCHS6geSs-k
Emmanuel's mother is very amazing and inspiring in her own right:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moira_Kelly_%28humanitarian%29
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