Hijabi Muslim Nurse, Ms A. Sabeena Gets Kalpana Chawla Bravery Award For Saving Over 35 Human Lives In The Wayanad Landslide
By Syed Ali Mujtaba,
New Age Islam
17 August
2024
The Citation Given to
Sabeena Reads; “As The Rescue Team Was Hesitant, The Courageous and Committed
Ms. Sabeena Came Forward To Go To The Other Side Of The River. In Spite Of
Continuous Rain, By Wearing A Raincoat And Tightly Holding The First Aid Kit,
She Travelled Without Any Fear.”
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Nurse Sabeena ziplined across river to save 35
lives in Wayanad
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A Hijabi,
Muslim nurse, Ms A. Sabeena, who saved over 35 human lives after the Wayanad
landslides was honored by the Tamil Nadu government for her exemplary courage.
Tamil Nadu
CM M K Stalin especially invited Sabeena to the state secretariat and honoured
her with the Kalpana Chawla Award for Courage and Daring Enterprise.
The
citation given to Sabeena reads; “As the rescue team was hesitant, the
courageous and committed Ms. Sabeena came forward to go to the other side of
the river. In spite of continuous rain, by wearing a raincoat and tightly
holding the first aid kit, she travelled without any fear.”
Sabeena’s
daring act came into the limelight only a few days ago when the volunteers from
her village began circulating a video of her zip-lining across a raging river
in a ravaged swathe of Wayanad, Kerala to save lives.
She treated
people who had been bitten by snakes, wounded in the landslide and many had
cough, cold and fever. The video of her brave act went viral on social media
and reached TN CM. M.K Stalin who called her to recognize her courage.
The bridge
over the Mundakkai-Suralmalai river had collapsed, leaving dozens people
stranded on the other side of the island. The National Defence Reserve Force
created a rope-way or zip line to cross over to the other side. The 40-year-old
nurse from Gudalur town in the Nilgiris district did the daring act without any
hesitation or fear.
“I clung to the rope and closed my eyes and
prayed to Allah as I went across the river. Even though it took two minutes to
cross the river, it was a spine-chilling act because of the raging waters
beneath me was furious with bodies being swept away under me, “said the mother
of a daughter after receiving the award at Fort Saint George, the TN state
secretariat
Sabeena’s
daughter Shifna, a nursing student, who was also present on the occasion said,
‘the biggest lesson her mom taught her was that humanity is above everything
else in the world. Her WhatsApp status reads- ‘There’s no one in this world
braver than my mom.’
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Syed Ali Mujtaba is a journalist based in
Chennai.
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