allan kurdy, 3 years old, he drowned. along with his mother, 5-year-old brother, and at least ten other refugees. abdullah kurdy, father and husband, the lone survivor, still in shock today. "everything is gone." the family, syrian kurds from near kobani. the town was nearly levelled in a battle with isis this year. so they fled to turkey, paying smugglers their more than $5,000 to help them cross to a greek island in a 15-foot rubber boat. they came to this beach. abc was there this week when another refugee group waded through the surf piling into the flimsy dinghy, children lifted in, heading into the waves by flashlight. today abdullah kurdy remembered how he desperately held one boy in each arm when the boat went over, keeping their heads above water. but they tired. so did his wife. and he lost them all. at the morgue today, identifying the bodies, he says -- "my kids were the most beautiful children in the world." >> i can't even imagine any father or any mother, their kids to die in their arms. >> reporter: abdull