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Remembering the brave Aitzaz Hasan on his 6th death anniversary
"What real heroes look like", wrote Mikaal Zulfiqar.
At a time where stories about politicians and celebrities dominate the news cycle and our social media feeds, the nation remembers local hero, a brave, teenage boy Aitzaz Hasan who confronted a suicide bomber to save the lives of his peers.
In the villages along the Kohat-Hangu road where sectarian violence and militancy is a fact of life, Aitzaz held his ground to save 700 boys in the school assembly that day, sacrificing his own life in the process.
"My cousin sacrificed his life saving his school and hundreds of students and school fellows," his cousin Mudassar Hassan Bangish told the BBC. "The suicide bomber wanted to destroy the school and school students. It was my cousin who stopped him from this...destruction."
On what is his 6th martyrdom anniversary, Twitter remembers Aitzaz fondly.
His courage and love makes me weep, says Fatima Bhutto
What real heroes look like, says Mikaal Zulfiqar
M. Jibran Nasir
@MJibranNasir
His brother told me that #AitzazHasan's classmates used to tease him on his size calling him "Khudkash". His always replied that when a Khudkash will come you'll run & I'll fight. May no child ever need to show such courage or grow up in an environment where violence is the norm
@ShireenMazari1
Remembering young hero Aitzaz Hassan Bangash who was martyred on this day in 2014 while preventing a suicide bomber from entering his school in Hangu, KP. He saved the lives of 2000 plus children who were in school at that time. Unparalleled courage. #AitzazHassan
"What real heroes look like", wrote Mikaal Zulfiqar.
At a time where stories about politicians and celebrities dominate the news cycle and our social media feeds, the nation remembers local hero, a brave, teenage boy Aitzaz Hasan who confronted a suicide bomber to save the lives of his peers.
In the villages along the Kohat-Hangu road where sectarian violence and militancy is a fact of life, Aitzaz held his ground to save 700 boys in the school assembly that day, sacrificing his own life in the process.
"My cousin sacrificed his life saving his school and hundreds of students and school fellows," his cousin Mudassar Hassan Bangish told the BBC. "The suicide bomber wanted to destroy the school and school students. It was my cousin who stopped him from this...destruction."
On what is his 6th martyrdom anniversary, Twitter remembers Aitzaz fondly.
His courage and love makes me weep, says Fatima Bhutto
What real heroes look like, says Mikaal Zulfiqar
M. Jibran Nasir
@MJibranNasir
His brother told me that #AitzazHasan's classmates used to tease him on his size calling him "Khudkash". His always replied that when a Khudkash will come you'll run & I'll fight. May no child ever need to show such courage or grow up in an environment where violence is the norm
@ShireenMazari1
Remembering young hero Aitzaz Hassan Bangash who was martyred on this day in 2014 while preventing a suicide bomber from entering his school in Hangu, KP. He saved the lives of 2000 plus children who were in school at that time. Unparalleled courage. #AitzazHassan
