Muslim woman saves Indian driver’s life in UAE
DUBAI: A quick-thinking Muslim woman saved the life of an Indian truck driver in the UAE when she saw him in flames following a horrific road accident, media reports said.
Jawaher Saif Al Kumaiti, 22, was driving home after visiting a friend in a hospital when she saw two trucks burst into flames in Ras al-Khaimah, a city in the UAE, and heard the victim shouting for someone to save him, Gulf News reported.
She saved the Indian driver from a fire by putting out the flames with an abaya cloak — a robe-like dress worn by some Muslim women. The police named the victim as Harkirit Singh. Al Kumaiti persuaded her friend who was a passenger to take off her “abaya” cloak then leaped out of the car and used it to put out the flames, it said.
“He was lying down. He was on fire... I took out my friend’s abaya, asked her to stay inside and left the car. I went to cover the guy because there were no clothes on him,” she said.
“I just thought about saving the man’s life,” said Al Kumaiti, who works at Adnoc Oasis in Sharjah.
Both the drivers suffered “40 to 50% burns.” Both were first taken to a hospital and then to the Saqr Hospital, said Major Tariq Mohamed Al Sharhan, head of the rescue section at the Ras Al Khaimah police. The Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi will honour Al Kumaiti, Navdeep Singh Suri, the Indian Ambassador to the UAE, said. HTC