I did a Jeddah flight yesterday and while the passengers were boarding in Jeddah for Dubai the purser came up to the flight deck to say there's a very sick passenger on board. He's frail and looks very tired. He was actually carried up the steps to his seat.
So we told the purser that it would be his call whether the old man would be accepted to travel or not. He went off and a few minutes later came back to tell us that the old man was put into a wheelchair and is now in a mobile lifter by the door.
He then came in again to tell us that the man's heart has actually stopped and the paramedics are now trying to revive him! What a total shock!
What happened next even shocked me more! The purser came in for another update and said that the paramedics actually revived him and now putting multiple injections into the poor man to stabilise him. Obviously he is now not coming on our flight back to Dubai and would probably better off in the ICU.
We finally got going and as we were pushing back I saw the ambulance right under the nose. In it I saw the paramedic replacing the old man's skull cap and then he zipped up the body bag....
It was heartbreaking!
The old man obviously didn't make it eventually.
I thought about it for a while and couldn't really make up my mind. Should I be sad or happy for the man? I didn't know him. He's just another of my 400 plus faceless passengers. Obviously I'm sad of his passing. But this man had just finished his Hajj! If Allah accepted it then he is clean as a white cloth. What a time to die then!
So I suppose it would be appropriate to pray that Allah granted him Hajj Mabrur, be pleased with him and place his soul amongst the matyrs. Ameen.
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