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19 March 2024

Maid drowns trying to save 4 kids

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A Bangladeshi housemaid drowned while rescuing four Emirati boys who were nearly swallowed by the sea at a beach in Abu Dhabi.

The four boys ventured towards the water in Dabiya beach in the city, prompting the maid, Safiya, to scream and chase them into deep water.

She plucked and pushed them one after another until their relatives were able to take them out of the water but the maid was stuck in strong currents.

“I came to the beach and found that Safiya was struggling to swim back to the beach….she was plunging into the water and emerging out again…we finally pulled her out but she later died just before the arrival of the ambulance,” said Abu Abdullah, whose son Abdullah was rescued by the maid.

“She did a heroic act by saving my son and his three friends…we all owe this woman and we are all saddened by her death.”

He said the rescued boys are aged between six and 10 years, and that Safiya had been with his family for nearly four years, adding that she had planned to get her daughter married in the next two months.

“She was so brave and sacrificed her life for our children without hesitation…she paid with her life for this noble and courage act,” he said.

He said he was in touch with Safiya’s family in Bangladesh to arrange for the repatriation of her body and to raise funds from the families whose kids were rescued to send money to her family.