"He hugged me", the confession of the Albanian waiter who thanked Bill Clinton on his knees

2023-07-04 22:11:35Politikë SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
"He hugged me", the confession of the Albanian waiter who thanked Bill
Arben Hysenaj

The waiter from Peja who works in New York, Arben Hysenaj, has met former US president Bill Clinton twice, once in 2017 and the second time today. The first time, Hysenaj thanked former President Clinton on his knees for his contribution to Kosovo. While yesterday Clinton mentioned Arbeni during his speech.

He said at Frontal T7 that when he heard it, the emotion of 2017, when he met Clinton for the first time, returned to him.

"When I heard him yesterday, it brought back the emotion of 2017 when I met him for the first time," he said initially.

He told how the first meeting with the former American president was.

"It came with dinner, with a reservation. That day was the last day of work in that restaurant and I ended it well. I don't have a moment of conversation with her, everything is born on the spot. The staff knew the president was coming and he was with Hillary Clinton and another friend."

"It was a very good, unplanned day. I was chosen to serve him, but there were other Albanian waiters. I served him caviar, then salad, when he came to the main course, it came naturally and I thanked him:

Simply put, it is because of you and your country that I live and serve you tonight. Because of your help, my family and all of Kosovo enjoy freedom from you, he got excited and told me where you are from, I told him from Kosovo and I asked him if he remembers the war of 1999, he said yes. The reaction was very good, until he hugged me, we were both excited. I told him how I escaped, that I was with my family, men and women were separated, they shot me and my father before the shooting, I don't know how I escaped."

He said that Clinton was surprised to see him today.

"Today when I met him, he was surprised, he said I didn't expect him", he said.

Clinton yesterday during his emotional speech told about a thank you received from Arbeni.

"When I was in a restaurant in New York, with 12 people in a private room where we were discussing important basic things, and a waiter came to take the order. He saw who was there, put down the tray that had the water and sat on his knees and saw me and said: "Thanks to you, my family is alive." And the other people I was with had no idea what was going on. I explained to them that he was an Albanian from Kosovo", said Clinton. /Express newspaper


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