A young man from Ethiopia is being praised as an “angel” after he saved a 10-year-old boy from drowning. He jumped off a moving bus and went through a flooded river to rescue the boy.
Abdi Tufa, the person who came to rescue,mentioned that he was hit by rocks and logs that came with the flood waters from the mountains. However, he didn’t give up and continued until he reached Riyad Nesru.
My leg is hurt badly and won’t work properly. I have a really bad injury on my back and waist. “I am currently receiving medical care,” he said to the BBC in Oromoo language.
Abdi was on a bus going to Ethiopia’s capital city, Addis Ababa. Suddenly, he woke up because he heard villagers screaming for help. They were worried that Riyad was in danger of drowning or being carried away by strong flood waters.
The boy got stuck in a flood while looking after his family’s goats in a small town called Hirna, which is 350km (220 miles) east of Addis Ababa.
Abdi suddenly decided to jump out of the bus window,surprising everyone else on the bus. He then went into the river.
I saw the kid from the window. He was almost drowning, but nobody was coming to help him,” he told BBC Afaan Oromoo about the moment he decided to save the boy who couldn’t help himself.
Abdi is getting better while being taken care of by the boy’s family. He said he was too hurt to walk by himself, but he was glad he saved the boy’s life.
Riyad’s uncle believed that the family saw Abdi as a special person sent by God to rescue their child.
We would have lost someone dear [by now]. Abdi is someone special who has done something brave or extraordinary. Now we think of him as our oldest child,” Nasir Ibroshe said, and the family will take care of Abdi until he improves.
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Ethiopian called ‘angel’ for risking his life to save boy
