Saudi Student Saves Kid from Burning Car

[JUBA]

OTTAWA — Minutes before a burning car exploded on the Queensway Friday night, Yasser Alshunaif recalls the frantic cries of the 12-year-old boy trapped in the back seat.

“His leg was stuck with the seatbelt,” Alshunaif told the Citizen. “He said, ‘Please help me. Pull me! Pull me!’”

The boy’s father and two siblings had already been pulled from the wreckage with the help of a volunteer firefighter, who smashed the passenger side window with his boot and released the front seat. Alshunaif and his friend pried the back door open and freed the boy from the flaming car.

Alshunaif had just left ceremony for students from Saudi Arabia and was dressed in a traditional white robe, a white floor length garment, without a jacket when he noticed the crash near the Nicholas Street eastbound off-ramp.

A car had smashed into a culvert after it was hit by another vehicle. A father and his three children were trapped inside when it erupted into flames.

A man’s voice rang out in the dark, warning Alshunaif to run from the burning car. Instead, he ran toward it.

“I was shocked,” he said. “How do you want me to run away when a child was stuck there?”

After the rescue, he hustled back to his car to escape the cold night air and didn’t even know about the explosion until he read about it in the Citizen.

A Long Sault volunteer firefighter, who also helped with the rescue, described the dramatic scene before the explosion.

“It was close. Very very close,” said Dan Regnier, who has worked as a volunteer firefighter for two years. “It was one of those decisions where we kind of put ourselves at risk in the environment, but I really didn’t have a choice.”

Regnier, 35, was driving home from his Ottawa job in the financial industry when he saw the burning car. He pulled over, ran across the highway and worked to free the family. The father and daughter were not fully conscious, Regnier said. He pried the driver’s side door open and pulled the father from the car with the help of the other men. The daughter in the front passenger seat and a second child were also pulled from the driver’s side door, Regnier said.

But the 12-year-old boy was still trapped inside the burning vehicle.

“It seemed like forever, but it was not that long,” Regnier said. “It was literally two to three seconds and we would have watched the kid burn. It would have been a tragedy.”

The driver of the second vehicle had some bruising on his face, but he was out and walking around when police, firefighters and police arrived and took over from Regnier.

The father and his three children were taken to the van to keep warm until paramedics arrived.

The father was assessed by paramedics for minor burns to his hand, refused to go to the hospital.

His children were uninjured.

“Saving those people was a great feeling,” Regnier said. “Probably the most rewarding moment of my life.”


Passersby rescue family of four moments before vehicle explodes

 

[Skull and Bones]

Real life super hero.

 

[beast89]

acts of bravery happen all the time, this proves KSA hasnt done much

 

[al-Hasani]

Yes, apart from being one of the most developed and rich countries in the world and a major strategic and economic country on a world scale. In fact I can't think of a country that has a bigger influence with such a population (30 million). I know inferiority complexes towards Arabs and all that but let's leave that out.

But why do you feel the need to downplay this incident? Do you see any Saudis bragging about it? The person who made the thread is a Saudi yes but other than that nobody commented here or made claims of anything related to Saudi Arabia. Also it has NOTHING to do with the Saudi state.

We are talking about the brave and admirable action of a person who hails from Saudi Arabia. He could have been from the Vatican or some Argentine base in Antarctica and it SHOULD not matter at all.

Sorry to say this but you sir are a fool.

 

[livingdead]

acts of bravery happen all the time, this proves KSA hasnt done much

what does it got anything to do with ksa.. appreciate the person's bravery..

 

[darkinsky]

the title suggests as if the saudi student invents a new technology

the heading should be like

a story of heroism: a brave lad from saudiarab risks his life saves kid from the burning car

 

[livingdead]

the title suggests as if the saudi student invents a new technology

the heading should be like

a story of heroism: a brave lad from saudiarab risks his life saves kid from the burning car

People have their own style of making thread title, I would have written, if the student was Indian..:
"super powerful Indian student saves a child from burning car without any care for his life..eat this sh*t pakistanis"

although because I am lazy, I usually copy and paste the news title.

 

[darkinsky]

People have their own style of making thread title, I would have written, if the student was Indian..:
"super powerful Indian student saves a child from burning car without any care for his life..eat this sh*t pakistanis"

although because I am lazy, I usually copy and paste the news title.

ary bhai ager potty kero ge bhi to pakistan ko yaad karo ge

 

[livingdead]

ary bhai ager potty kero ge bhi to pakistan ko yaad karo ge

I think of good things, usually deeply philosophical, while doing potty... you should be happy if I think of pakistan too

 

[al-Hasani]

What is wrong with the title? It's a simple and accurate title. Some people

 

[livingdead]

What is wrong with the title? It's a simple and accurate title. Some people

sorry, we south asians like a bit of melodrama.. and spice.. you wont get it...

 

[beast89]

Yes, apart from being one of the most developed and rich countries in the world and a major strategic and economic country on a world scale. In fact I can't think of a country that has a bigger influence with such a population (30 million). I know inferiority complexes towards Arabs and all that but let's leave that out.

But why do you feel the need to downplay this incident? Do you see any Saudis bragging about it? The person who made the thread is a Saudi yes but other than that nobody commented here or made claims of anything related to Saudi Arabia. Also it has NOTHING to do with the Saudi state.

We are talking about the brave and admirable action of a person who hails from Saudi Arabia. He could have been from the Vatican or some Argentine base in Antarctica and it SHOULD not matter at all.

Sorry to say this but you sir are a fool.

oil wealth nothing more my dad used to tell me stories how they used to gather money to send to poor dying saudis before oil. Strategic importance? You will always be american slaves another chump to buy billions of weapons from the country biggest supporter of zionism. Wealth is unequally distributed and most jobs technical jobs are given to westerners. KSA has left no marks in the technological or cultural other than eventing that sword dance and you lag behind iran when comes to science. I havent got anything against arabs i like syria and lebanon and egypt. If this guy wasnt saudi this thread wouldn't have been posted and especially in the middleeast section? Should we all start creating topics such events then?

 

[al-Hasani]

Inventing lies is pretty desperate. But what to expect from a Shia/atheist/Arab hater. You do realize that we are talking about the current times? All of the world apart from Europe and North America were in shambles less than 100 years ago. 1000-500 years ago the Middle East was ahead on all parameters. Times do change in case you have not realized it yet.

Oh, really? You might read up about the Islamic history and it's achievements or the Arab history. The most famous and influential rulers/inventors/clerics etc. originally hailed from the land that is today Saudi Arabia. We ruled and spread our culture/language from Spain in the West and Indonesia in the West. We were a leading power and still are to this very day. The Arab league and all Arab countries are one of the most powerful organizations in the world. Our region is the most rich region in the world in terms of natural resources and historically we are the most sought after region together with India. Tell me about Pakistan - will you?

You might read about the recent reforms in the last 10 years. KSA will be a even bigger international player in the future. We have a enormous potential on all levels and we are moving fast forward. This is not the Saudi Arabia of the 1950's.

Yes, because you can predict the future. Don't read it if you can't stand the fact that an Arab from Saudi Arabia made a heroic action. Nobody forces you to read about it.

Short your inferiority complexes out, will you?

 

[Kambojaric]

acts of bravery happen all the time, this proves KSA hasnt done much

What are you trying to say exactly, im confused? All I got from the OP is that a Saudi man engaged in an act which many (most) would have run away from. Respect to the man, and please dont try to turn this into an anti Saudi thread.

 

[beast89]

Inventing lies is pretty desperate. But what to expect from a Shia/atheist/Arab hater. You do realize that we are talking about the current times? All of the world apart from Europe and North America were in shambles less than 100 years ago. 1000-500 years ago the Middle East was ahead on all parameters. Times do change in case you have not realized it yet.

Oh, really? You might read up about the Islamic history and it's achievements or the Arab history. The most famous and influential rulers/inventors/clerics etc. originally hailed from the land that is today Saudi Arabia. We ruled and spread our culture/language from Spain in the West and Indonesia in the West. We were a leading power and still are to this very day. The Arab league and all Arab countries are one of the most powerful organizations in the world. Our region is the most rich region in the world in terms of natural resources and historically we are the most sought after region together with India. Tell me about Pakistan - will you?

You might read about the recent reforms in the last 10 years. KSA will be a even bigger international player in the future. We have a enormous potential on all levels and we are moving fast forward. This is not the Saudi Arabia of the 1950's.

Yes, because you can predict the future. Don't read it if you can't stand the fact that an Arab from Saudi Arabia made a heroic action. Nobody forces you to read about it.

Short your inferiority complexes out, will you?

playing the victim card you learn well from your zionist buddies and keep reliving the past if you think that will compensate for being in americas pocket.