A former George Washington University basketball player has escaped Ukraine after being stranded in the war-torn European country for days.
Maurice “Mo” Creek, an Oxon Hill, Maryland native, was stuck in Ukraine as Russia began to invade the country on Thursday. The 31-year-old played for GWU and Indiana University in college and now plays professional basketball for MBC Mykolaiv in the Ukrainian Basketball SuperLeague.
His mom tells FOX 5 DC that Creek was able to cross the border into Moldova on Monday with the family of an assistant coach from his MBC Mykolaiv team.
Creek’s parents say they kept in touch with their son for days while he was going through the ordeal. They even created shifts at home in order to stay awake in case news, a call, or a text message came from him.
His mother says one tough moment came a couple of days ago when Creek had to stay in a bomb shelter. “He sent us a video of the inside of the bomb shelter end it was just … You could see the chill in the air. It was just so eerie. It was awful.”
