Dubai ‘Drowning daughter’ story is two decades old: Police
Dubai
The story of an Asian father who tried to stop rescuers from saving his drowning daughter is old , as the incident occurred two decades ago, police officials in Dubai said.
Lt Col Ahmad Atiq Burqibah, Deputy Director of the Search and Rescue Department at Dubai Police, told to a local newspaper that he narrated the incident as a part of an interview for a website where he was asked to recall an unforgettable incident.
As soon as the report went viral, it created a buzz in the foreign media as “the father refusing to let male rescuers save his drowning daughter, because he did not wanted her to be touched by unknown men”.
“It is a very old incident, but it created a lot of buzz in the media,” he said. The father did try to stop the rescue team, though he only delayed them — as they did pull the 20-year-old girl out alive and performed CPR on her but she could not be saved.
“No one has the right to prevent rescue teams from doing their job, not even a father, and it is also against the law,” Lt Col Burqibah explained.
The girl’s father was reportedly punished for his actions.
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