Daughters of Heroes: Ukrainian teens visit Florida for a fleeting escape from war

On a cloudy and atypical Florida beach day, two Ukrainian teens saw the cold winter waters of the Gulf of Mexico but jumped in with their clothes on anyway. The girls have one thing in common that will bond them for life: their fathers were killed fighting against the Russians in Ukraine. Kristina Mordik, 14, and Anna Datsko, 15, were strangers before their trip to the United States. Now, they're friends for life. They are part of a group of 14 kids getting a temporary vacation from war to be kids. The nonprofit Ukraine Aid Fund, based out of Colorado, flew the kids to Denver, where our sister station Denver 7, was waiting for them. All children have lost one or both parents or have a parent listed as missing or a prisoner of war.