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28 March 2024

Two women drown trying to save kids in Dibba

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Tragedy struck at Dibba Fujairah when two housemaids died trying to save their Emirati employer’s two children in a swimming pool at a hotel in the eastern town. But luck was not absent as the little boy and his younger sister were saved in the last minute by a European tourist who happened to be there.
 
The tragic incident took place on Monday, when an Emirati family from the eastern oasis town of Al Ain went for a short holiday in Dibba and left the three-year-old boy and his sister, 2, with the two maids at the swimming pool.
 
As both children went into the water and screamed for help, their Asian housemaid jumped after them although she apparently does not know how to swim. Her African colleague jumped after her when she saw her body floating on the water.
 
Both maids died while the two kids, Salmeen and Wadeema, were still struggling to survive inside the pool. A European tourist who happened to be passing near the pool jumped in and rescued both children.
 
According to the Arabic language daily Alkhaleej, the two children received treatment in a local hospital before they were taken to Twam in Al Ain in a serious condition. Doctors said they were still struggling to save their life, adding the girl’s condition is now stable.
 
Their uncle Saeed Al Amri blamed the hotel for the incident in the absence of any rescuers at the pool. Alkhaleej said the hotel manager was arrested while director general has been summoned for investigation.
 
“My brother was in his hotel room when he heard screams....he went down and saw the bodies of the two maids floating in the water…he found his son was in a very bad condition while his daughter was still crying and shaking,” Amri said.
 
He said the European man who rescued the two children also tried to resuscitate them before the hotel management called the ambulance.