ALOR STAR: When Sharifah A. Rahim noticed her son's growing curiosity about religion and the afterlife, she had a foreboding that something bad woudl happen.
"My son was so curious about religious matters before he died. He was always on YouTube, watching videos about religion.
"He asked me questions too, he was curious about the meaning of his name, about angels, about heaven and hell.
"I just told him that it's okay, he doesn't need to worry, that he will go to heaven later. I didn't think that was a sign that he would leave us forever," said Sharifah whose world crumbled her 10-year-old son, Muhammad Aqil Wafiq Ruslizan, died in an accident yesterday.
Aqil was among the three boys crushed when a pile of electric poles rolled onto them while they were playing in Kampung Belukar, Changlun, yesterday.
One of the victims. Wan Aliff Danish Abdullah, 10, is in critical condition at Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital.
His other friend, aged 11, is still being treated at Jitra Hospital but is in a stable condition.
Sharifah said Aqil would be the second child she had to bury. Her eldest child, a girl, died when she was four weeks old.
Her surviving child is Muhammad Azrul Taqif Ruslizan, 4, who has been wondering about his brother's whereabouts.
Sharifah, a housewife, said she was still in shock as she had always told her son to stay away from dangerous places.
"The electric poles were not secured properly and when the incident happened there was a loud bang. I suspected something bad had happened because it came from the direction of his grandmother's house.
"I've always told him to stay away from such places. He might have went there after his friends asked him. He would never go there by himself."
She is mulling taking legal action against the party responsible behind the incident.
According to Aqil's grandmother, Zaiton Abu, a company had left the concrete electric poles secured with rotten wood for almost a year.
Sharifah's husband, Ruslizan Ali, 42, a taxi driver is now out of work after he was involved in an accident following a seizures.
Ruslizan said he had just recovered from a two-week coma and was relying on financial help from his parents and the public.
The headmaster of SK Dato Wan Kemara, Changlun, Mohd Nizam Saidin, said the school, especially the teachers, were saddened by the incident.
He said that the boys were active, diligent and loved in school.
"We held prayers for the deceased and for the other students who are still being treated in hospital.
"In addition to that, we will be collecting funds to help their families," he added.
© New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
from New Straits Times https://ift.tt/maoA5vd
0 Comments