(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) The Ras Al Khaimah police have honoured an Emirati woman and her daughter for rescuing two Pakistani girls who lost their way when going back home from school.
The two little girls, six and four years old, were exposed to grave danger while crossing busy public roads when the Emirati woman and her daughter noticed them.
The Emirati women did not think twice and rushed to help the two little girls, according to Brigadier Hassan Ibrahim, deputy director of the central operations, RAK police.
The two girls, staying at the Dafan Ruairidh area in Ras Al Khaimah, could not help walking home after the end of their school day when their father did not come on time to drive them home as usual, but he happened to be stuck at work on that day.
The two girls left their Asian school and thought it would be easy for them to walk home under the scorching sun, but they got lost on the way, Brig. Ibrahim said. "They were prone to losing their way or getting run over by speeding cars."
The girls were lucky to be seen by the two Emirati women who were driving to a car cleaning station, he explained. "They stopped for the girls, discovered that they were lost, and alerted the RAK police about them."
The 31-year-old Asma Al Mansuri, an Emirati woman from Al Rams area, said she was driving to a car cleaning station with her mother when they noticed the two girls in school uniform at the Julphar area.
"We were so worried about them walking alone on the road and immediately knew that they were lost and were at grave risk because of crossing busy public roads under the sweltering temperatures at the noon time, and so we stopped to help them", Asma said.
Al Mansuri, who is married and has three children, said the two girls were about to cross the Fish Market roundabout at the Ruairidh area. "We stopped the girls, who were tired and thirsty, and asked them about their destination, but could not figure out because of language barrier.We were talking to the younger girl, and gave her water when the terrified older one ran away, but we managed to find her and alerted the police who sent a patrol to the site, comforted the girls, and helped them reunite with their father," Asma added.
The panic-stricken father was searching for his children everywhere but did not find them, and so he filed a report with the police.
The father was comforted and told that his children were safe with the police. He immediately rushed to them and broke into tears of joy on finding them safe.
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