Nation welcomes war hero home
MOHAMMAD BIN RASHID AND MOHAMMAD BIN ZAYED TWEET WELCOME TO ZAYED BIN HAMDAN
B urj Khalifa beams the image of Shaikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan who returned home safely after treatment in Germany.
“Shaikh Zayed Bin Hamdan is a role model for his generation. The nation is proud of him and its brave soldiers,” His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, said in a tweet yesterday.
“With Shaikh Zayed and our courageous soldiers, our nation gets stronger and more immune, and the spirit of sacrifice gets entrenched in our youth and soldiers. Zayed, you are welcome to your home country,” Shaikh Mohammad said.
“Today, we are pleased with the safe return of Shaikh Zayed. We ask Allah Almighty to preserve our soldiers who are on the front lines and bless the injured with speedy recovery and bestow his great mercy upon our martyrs,” His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, wrote on his Twitter account.
‘Return of the brave’
“We congratulate the nation and its leaders on the safe return of the brave Shaikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan to our beloved UAE,” Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed tweeted.
“The more challenges, the more Emiratis prove their ability to face them, and that they are always honoured to answer their country’s call of duty through their sacrifices. Zayed Bin Hamdan is one of the nation’s brave heroes, and his comrades are the best role models of sacrifice and giving. We lift our heads with pride and no fear for a nation that has young men and heroes like them,” he said in another tweet.
Shaikh Zayed Bin Hamdan was injured when the helicopter he was travelling with other soldiers crash landed in the southern governorate of Shabwa in Yemen in August last year following a technical failure.
The crash killed four UAE soldiers while injuring three.
Shaikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the two other soldiers, Rashid Al Dahouri and Rashid Al Beloushi, were receiving medical treatment at a German hospital.