出生在海地的阿利克斯·施莱克尔·艾德拉契（Alix Schoelcher Idrache）于5月21日从美国西点军校（U.S. Military Academy at West Point）毕业，他的故事很快风靡网络。

艾德拉契在毕业典礼上站在前排，激动得泪流满面。这张照片出现在西点军校的脸书网页上，随后很快传遍了因特网。

据《华盛顿邮报》（Washington Post）报道，艾德拉契在脸书网页上留言道：“我今天早上醒来后，看到我的照片在脸书上传遍了，还有很多关于我的成就的感人评论。我既感到不胜荣幸，又感到震惊。感谢你们给了我一个实现美国梦的机会。愿上帝保佑美国，这个地球上最伟大的国家。”

在短短7年里，艾德拉契从一个来自太子港（Port-au-Prince）劳动阶层的只能讲简单英语的移民，成为美国一个极负盛名的军事院校及教育机构的毕业生。

据美国陆军（Army）网站报道，艾德拉契在年幼时目睹了美国军人在海地进行人道主义救援的行动。艾德拉契将自己于2009年来到美国后所取得的成功归功于他父亲对教育的重视。

今年7月，艾德拉契将作为西点军校本届物理学专业毕业生中的佼佼者进入阿拉巴马州拉克堡（Fort Rucker）的美国陆军航空兵卓越中心（U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence）。

艾德拉契在Instagram上留言道：“这种成就感再好不过了！”　

Cadet Alix Schoelcher Idrache sheds tears of joy during the graduation ceremony for the U.S. Military Academy’s Class of 2016. (DOD/U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Vito T. Bryant)

Alix Schoelcher Idrache, originally from Haiti, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point May 21 and soon became an online sensation.

The photo of Idrache standing in the front row during the graduation ceremony, with tears covering his face, went viral shortly after it was posted on the academy’s Facebook page.

“I woke up this morning and found my face all over Facebook and with it myriad of amazing comments about my accomplishments,” Idrache wrote on Facebook, theWashington Post reported. “I am humbled and shocked at the same time. Thank you for giving me a shot at the American Dream and may God bless America, the greatest country on earth.”

In seven years, Idrache went from speaking basic English in a working-class neighborhood in Port-au-Prince to graduating from one of the most prestigious military and educational institutions in the United States.

In his youth, Idrache witnessed U.S. forces conducting humanitarian missions in Haiti, the Army reported. Idrache credits his father, who stressed education, for his success since coming to the U.S. in 2009.

This July, Idrache will enter the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence at Fort Rucker, Alabama, as West Point’s top-ranking graduate in physics this year.

“No greater feeling than that of accomplishment!” Idrache posted on Instagram.