The Mᴀʀɪɴᴇ ᴏᴠᴇʀ sᴏʟᴅɪᴇʀs ᴘʟᴜᴄᴋᴇᴅ crying babies from the sᴇᴀ ᴏf ʜᴜᴍᴀɴ ᴍɪsᴇʀʏ that surged yesterday around the perimeter of Kᴀʙᴜʟ ᴀɪʀᴘᴏʀᴛ.
The striking moment of a ʟᴏɴᴇ baby being ʟɪFᴛᴇᴅ up ᴏᴠᴇʀ ʙᴀʀʙᴇᴅ ᴡɪʀᴇ, quickly spread around social media and was seen by millions. It came ᴀᴍɪᴅ ᴛᴜʀᴍᴏɪʟ for many AFɢʜᴀɴs after the Tᴀʟɪʙᴀɴ sᴇɪᴢᴇᴅ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴏʟ ᴏf ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀᴘɪᴛᴀʟ and other cities in August as the ⓊⓈ. ᴍɪʟɪᴛᴀʀʏ was with ᴅʀᴀᴡɪɴɢ from the country. Hameed, the first-time father said he was living at Kᴀʙᴜʟ ᴀɪʀᴘᴏʀᴛ throughout August, serving as a ʟɪɴɢᴜɪsᴛ to ᴀssɪsᴛ ⓊⓈ Mᴀʀɪɴᴇs with the ᴇᴠᴀᴄᴜᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴇFFᴏʀᴛ and had missed the birth of his daughter 16 days earlier. He spotted his daughter in the ᴄʜᴀᴏs from the other side of the Fᴇɴᴄᴇ and watched for hours as his family ᴛʀɪᴇᴅ to make through the ɢᴀᴛᴇ .
Hameed said :”That day, I ʜᴀɴᴅᴇᴅ ᴏᴠᴇʀ my baby to a ᴛᴏᴛᴀʟ sᴛʀᴀɴɢᴇʀ. The only thing I trusted is that he was ᴀ Mᴀʀɪɴᴇ and that my daughter would be fine. I knew she’d ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ make it through. She’d be ᴄʀᴜsʜᴇᴅ to ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ, Gᴏᴅ Fᴏʀʙɪᴅ, or sᴇᴠᴇʀᴇʟʏ ɪɴᴊᴜʀᴇᴅ . Desperate, I ᴘʟᴇᴀᴅᴇᴅ with a Mᴀʀɪɴᴇ standing on a ᴠᴇʜɪᴄʟᴇ along the ʙᴀʀʙᴇᴅ ᴡɪʀᴇᴅ Fᴇɴᴄᴇ to ʜᴇʟᴘ get my baby through . He told me the only thing he could do was ʟɪFᴛ her ᴏᴠᴇʀ the ʙᴀʀʙᴇᴅ ᴡɪʀᴇ, but he said she’d be ʜᴜʀᴛ. I told him I’ll take the chance. I’d rather her get ʜᴜʀᴛ than ᴅɪᴇ “. The Mᴀʀɪɴᴇ agreed, and with Hameed holding ᴏɴᴛᴏ the sᴏʟᴅɪᴇʀ’s ʟᴇɢs to sᴛᴇᴀᴅʏ ʜɪᴍ, they were able to ʟɪFᴛ Liya ᴏᴠᴇʀ the ʙᴀʀʀɪᴇʀ, allowing Hameed to hold her for the first time.
Hameed held his daughter for two minutes before ʜᴀɴᴅɪɴɢ her off to the Mᴀʀɪɴᴇ for sᴀFᴇᴛʏ as he turned his attention to getting his wife to sᴀFᴇᴛʏ. She had ᴄᴏʟʟᴀᴘsᴇᴅ from ᴇxʜᴀᴜsᴛɪᴏɴ before reaching the ᴀɪʀᴘᴏʀᴛ ɢᴀᴛᴇ. Hours late, Sadia was able to get though the gate and the family was ʀᴇᴜɴɪᴛᴇᴅ as they prepared for their ᴇᴠᴀᴄᴜᴀᴛɪᴏɴ Fʟɪɢʜᴛ. Hameed said :” What was ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋɪɴɢ is, I was inside and had somebody to ᴘᴜʟʟ my daughter over the wire. There were ᴛʜᴏᴜsᴀɴᴅs of others who ᴅɪᴅɴ’ᴛ have that opportunity . I think it was very captivating to see what was actually happening. It’s one thing for ᴘᴏʟɪᴛɪᴄɪᴀɴs to go on TV and say how fine things are. It’s totally something else on the ground, and when you can see it with your own eyes.”
Now, Liya , 8, was eventually ʀᴇᴜɴɪᴛᴇᴅ with her father, Hameed, a ʟɪɴɢᴜɪsᴛ and ᴄᴜʟᴛᴜʀᴀʟ ᴀᴅᴠɪsᴇʀ, and his wife, her mother, and the three ᴇᴠᴀᴄᴜᴀᴛᴇᴅ the country. Hameed added :” I hopes to be able to meet the man who ᴄᴀʀʀɪᴇᴅ his baby to sᴀFᴇᴛʏ. Oʜ ᴍʏ Gᴏᴅ. I’d give him a hug. He ʟɪᴛᴇʀᴀʟʟʏ sᴀᴠᴇᴅ my daughter’s life. “
