Meet woman who used abaya to save driver
I DID NOT HESITATE A MOMENT, I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT SAVING THE MAN’S LIFE, SAYS AL KUMAITI WHO USED AN ABAYA TO PUT OUT THE FIRE
The Emirati woman whose valiant efforts to save a burning truck driver on a Ras Al Khaimah road went viral on social media will be honoured by the RAK Police today.
Being hailed as a hero, Jawaher Saif Al Kumaiti from Ajman was driving past Martyr’s Road when she saw a truck on fire, while a driver was lying on the ground battling the flames.
Al Kumaiti quickly pulled over and took her friend’s abaya and covered the Indian driver Harkirit Singh with the black cloak, putting out the flames. In the hospital, the driver told police about the woman, whose timely intervention contained Singh’s burns to 50 per cent.
An Emirati woman who saved an Indian truck driver caught in flames following a recent road crash will be honoured by Ras Al Khaimah Police tomorrow. Gulf News reported the accident that took place on September 19 on Martyr’s Road in Ras Al Khaimah involving a collision between two trucks.
As the one of trucks went up in flames, the driver whose clothes were in flames jumped out of the cabin and was lying on the road battling the fire.
In a heroic act, Jawaher Saif Al Kumaiti, who happened to drive past, pulled her car over to the side of the road and jumped to the Indian driver’s rescue.
Al Kumaiti, who has been hailed as a hero, used her friend’s abaya to cover the truck driver and put out the fire. In an interview with Gulf
News yesterday, Al Kumaiti, who hails from Ajman, said she was coming back after visiting a friend at Khalifa Hospital in Ras Al Khaimah when she spotted the two trucks in flames and a man lying on the ground, with his clothes on fire.
“He was lying down. He was on fire... I took out my friend’s abaya and left the car. I went to cover the guy because there were no clothes on him. He looked at me and said, ‘I’m dying. I’m afraid to die’,” she said, adding that she tried to talk to him and calm him down. She added that she left the area when the police and paramedics arrived.
“I did not hesitate a moment when I saw the fire, and I did not think about myself or that the fire might catch my clothes or the truck might explode, I just thought about saving the man’s life,” said Al Kumaiti, who works at Adnoc Oasis in Sharjah.
Al Kumaiti’s valiant act became viral on the social media after Major Tareq Al Sharhan, head of the Emergency Department at Ras Al Khaimah Police, posted a video on his Instagram account asking his followers to help track the woman.
The police got to know about Al Kumaiti’s bravery when the Indian truck driver, Harkirit Singh, told them about her act after he was taken to hospital.
An Emirati man who was at the scene and reported the incident to Ras Al Khaimah Police operations room also told officers about the woman’s heroic act, Maj Al Sharhan said.
Maj Al Sharhan told Gulf News that police want to honour the “abaya woman” for her bravery.
“The incident occurred on September 19 around 2am on Martyrs Road in Ras Al Khaimah when two trucks were involved in an accident and one truck caught fire. An unidentified woman had done a heroic job during this accident and she left the scene quietly,” said Maj Al Sharhan. The police managed to trace the woman after her heroic action became viral on social media .
Yesterday, Maj Al Sharhan posted the woman’s picture on his Instagram account hailing her as “the bravest woman in UAE.”
Ealier on Friday, Al Kumaiti along with her mother and sister went to Saqr Hospital and visited the driver, who according to the medical staff has suffered
40 to 50 per cent burns. According to the staff, when the driver saw her, he cried out: “You’re the woman who saved my life …Thank you for your brave job. Your image did not go from my mind for a moment.”
Al Kumaiti’s mother said: “I am proud of my daughter and what she did... I always encourage my children to help if they see anyone in need of help.”
Meanwhile, the Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi will also
honour Al Kumaiti. “We have invited her to our Gandhi Jayanti (birthday of Mahatma Gandhi) event on October 2 to honour her,” Navdeep Singh Suri, the Indian Ambassador to the UAE, told Gulf News yesterday.
He was lying down. He was on fire... I took out my friend’s abaya and left the car. I went to cover the guy because there were no clothes on him. He looked at me and said, ‘I’m dying. I’m afraid to die’.” Jawaher Saif Al Kumaiti | Ajman resident