Bill Clinton was moved to tears by an Albanian waiter at a New York City restaurant who credited the former president with saving his life.
Bill and Hillary Clinton were dining at The Seafire Grill on Friday night when one of the waiters dropped to his knees in front of them and said: ‘Sir, I want to thank you. If not for you, I wouldn’t be alive today.’
The waiter told them his harrowing tales of his time in war-torn Kosovo, a disputed borderland between Serbia and Albania.
He fled Kosovo at 16, after his dad and other family members were tortured by the Yugoslavs during the war, TMZ reports.
Now 32, the waiter, who came to the US in 1999, credits Bill with saving his life.
As president, Bill launched a NATO bombing campaign in 1999 to force Yugoslav troops out of the disputed territory, which paved the way for Kosovo’s independence nine years later.
This 11-foot-tall bronze statue of the former president overlooks Bill Clinton Boulevard in Kosovo’s capital city, Pristina
There’s an 11-foot-tall bronze statue of the former president overlooking Bill Clinton Boulevard in Kosovo’s capital city, Pristina.
When the waiter finished speaking, Bill grabbed the man’s hand and wept.
The waiter spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of anti-immigration sentiment and did not want his photo published.
After dinner, the Clintons shook the hands of other members of the restaurant’s waitstaff, the majority of whom are Albanian.
