Emirati brothers save woman, 4 kids from drowning in RAK
In a heroic act, two Emirati brothers and an Asian man helped save a woman and four children from drowning in Ras Al Khaimah. According to a news report published in Emarat Al Youm, Abdulla and Nader Ali Kaseen were on a cruise off the Al Rams beach on Friday evening, when they heard desperate cries for help from the children and woman who were struggling to stay afloat.
They managed to reach the woman and the children, and steered them to safety with the help of an Asian man.
Once ashore, they called for an ambulance as the woman had ingested water and was not moving. The woman and kids were rushed to a hospital, where they were stabilised.
Abdullah told the newspaper that he was on a boat with his brother Nader and his family at Al Rams, when they heard screams for help coming in over the engine noise.
When they turned off the engine, they heard a child screaming for help. That’s when they saw a woman and four kids struggling to stay afloat in the waters off the Al Rams beach. Despite the risk of their boat engine getting stuck in the sand, the two brothers decided to steer the boat near the drowning group. When they reached them, the brothers jumped into the water to help the woman and children.
An Asian man also came to the rescue and they managed to pull the severely exhausted woman and the kids onboard, before steering the boat ashore.
Abdullah said the woman was in a state of shock and unable to move as she had ingested a lot of water. They immediately called for an ambulance, and were rushed to a hospital.
The woman and kids were discharged the following day after they were stabilised.
Shaima Al Shehhi told the Arabic daily that she had gone to the beach along with her two children Amna, 7, and Youssef, 8, and her nephew and niece Mansour 8, and Fatima, 10, respectively.
Seeing the placid waters they went inside to pick up oysters.
She said when they were inside, the water suddenly began to rise due to high tide, and before she realised it, they were struggling to stay afloat.
She lost balance and the current began pulling her deeper into the sea, even as the children began screaming desperately for help.
Despite her plight, she tried to save the kids by telling them to hang on to a swimming float they had carried with them, but the strong tide pulled the children off the float and they too began drowning. She said she felt paralyzed and unable to move due to the strong current, even as she swallowed a lot of sea water.
It was then that the two Eniratis and an Asian arrived like angels to save their life.
She praise the two brothers and the Asian for their heroic act. Swimming in some areas at Al Rams beach is dangerous due to the presence of deep holes and sudden rise in water levels due to high tide.