He used his carpentry skills to help repair damaged homes and he delivered food on his motorcycle to families in need.

[1][10] This prompted a rise in citizen journalist to document and publish the civil war and turmoil that was occurring.

[12] The only way the world is able to witness the crisis unfolding in Syria, is via the videos uploaded to YouTube captured by citizen journalists.

His brave work along that of other citizen journalists, has allowed the world to witness the Syrian crisis between president Bashar al-Assad's regime and the rebels.

[13] Since al-Sayed and Jarban, it has been reported that 61 more citizen journalists have lost their lives while trying to document the uprising.

[15][16][17] al-Sayed, along with others, set the foot work for future citizen journalist to capture the civil war.

[1][6] He set out to document the Syrian civil war and expose it to the world by uploading hundreds of hours of footage via YouTube.

[1] Jarrah told NPR news about the dangerous conditions under which he worked: "He was documenting stuff that no one could actually get hold of.

[1] A video was also uploaded to YouTube by an activist, showing al-Sayed's mother and relatives weeping and grieving over his dead body.