In a heroic act, a young Saudi man named Muhammad Eid al-Wabsi al-Balawi intervened to save the life of a child who fell from the back of a camel and nearly ran over it in a camel race in the city of Tabuk in northern Saudi Arabia.
In the details, the child was attached to the camel riders, but the young man, at lightning speed, threw himself out of the car and caught the little one, who was still holding the saddle of the ride, as it ran during a race in Bada Square.
May God reward him with good. This Muhammad Al-Wabsi threw himself out of the gates of the car in order to pick up the reins of humiliation and save following God Almighty a child caught between the feet of humiliation. pic.twitter.com/jdvan8YARR
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In an interview with Al Arabiya.net, Al-Balawi recounted what happened, saying, “When the race started with a short distance, he noticed that the shackle attached to the camel (the seated) that the camel Meshary Faleh Assi Al-Wabsi rides began to move and vibrate, and the rider was called to reduce the speed of the camel and stop it to reinstall it. The driver, but the camels did not respond to the rider because other camels were running behind him.”
He also talked regarding the seriousness of the situation and said, “It is very dangerous for the passenger because he is tight-lipped and we are in a very critical moment, and we had to intervene to stop the camels and save the passenger in any way.”
Young Mohammed Al-Wabisi
He continued, “The driver of the vehicle in which he was traveling was warned to approach the camel gradually in order to grab the halter, and when the car approached him, the ties of the tensioner were completely loosened, so I went out of the car window to grab the halter. the passenger between his feet.
He also explained that he was able to catch the halter and fix it and stop the young camels, and no one was injured.
He said that his only concern was to save the passenger in any way, and therefore he ventured himself amid the thanks of many people and the child’s family who gave me gifts, words of thanks and invitations, indicating that camels are not alien to him, as he coexists in this environment.
For their part, the pioneers of social networking sites interacted with the event and described Al-Wabsi as the hero and brave through the hashtag #Mohammed_Eid_Al-Wabsi_Al-Balawi, and many of them wrote poems celebrating his bravery, warning once morest children entering such races that might endanger them.
