<p>David Warnick, center, communicates with Nesrin and Hassan Al Dandashi by a translator app on his phone.</p>
June 18, 2016
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June 18, 2016 9 p.m.
Refugees: The new Americans
Coeur d’Alene family welcomes Syrian refugees
COEUR d’ALENE — David Warnick waited at Spokane International Airport, his mind in a whirl. It was April 28, and he’d had a long day. He was trying to remember if everything was ready. His wife, Nikki, was making dinner at home, his friend was staying the night and David was picking up three Syrian refugees to live with him and his family.