Daily Times

On Sunday, right after iftar, on the infamous streets of Karachi, an incident took place which, for many, restored faith in humanity. Actor Feroze Khan was stuck at the signal on Khayaban-e-Ittehad, when the most horrifying scene caught his eye.

A six-year-old girl had met an accident and was soaked in blood. Feroze Khan immediately got out of his car and rushed to the girl’s rescue. He decided on taking matters in his own hands and took the girl to the hospital. The girl had vomited multiple times and was bleeding profusely. Khan paid for the girl’s treatment, whom he found out was a Christian called Claire.

In a time and age, where people are finding reasons to turn against each other and making religious differences the root of it, it is refreshing and heart warming to see people like Khan putting humanity first and not caring for his status in society. Let’s wish good health for Claire and hope for more kind-hearted and humble people like Khan. Pakistan sure needs them in this age of intolerance and chaos.

“I was in my car, at a traffic signal on Khayaban-e-Ittehad, when I was witnessed a horrific sight. My palpitation surged as I saw a young girl, a victim of an accident, soaked in blood and brutally flung out on the street. It was a dark nightmare coming alive. I was numb and in a daze, but sprung to action immediately following the dictates of logic and my heart. As I had to head somewhere, I tried stopping several cars and begged their drivers to take the little victim to hospital. But I was alarmed at the callous and apathetic attitude of my fellow citizens. Not one went beyond casting a grim look. This city has few Samaritans, as I realised after this incident. Choked and tear-filled, and armed with the realisation that the world is heartless, I took charge of the situation, and took Claire to the hospital in my two-seater. I couldn’t risk putting her on the neighbouring seat so placed her firmly on my lap and drove like a possessed man. Her bleeding got worse and my shirt was blood-stained. To make things worse, she started vomiting uncontrollably. I sat helplessly staring into space, holding myself from panicking. This was Allah’s way of testing me. She was my responsibility. I would never survive the onslaught of guilt and failure if something bad had happened to her. A million thoughts raced through my mind. What if she had been my own mother or sister? Mercifully, Allah showed me the way. We reached the hospital in good time and she was attended to by benevolent doctors. The good deed done, I slow-walked to my car, bruised, drained but relieved. We think our days are infinite but they are not. One will be the last. The unpredictability of life is eerie. I am 24. I’m still learning to embrace the simplicity that life is built upon while having seen how truly fragile it all is from such close quarters. Claire, I hope you’re well, happy and smiling. Eid isn’t long. Many will see me as your saviour. But for me, you’re the angel that’s given my life a new turn and meaning. It’s time to start living and loving,” Khan commented.