It’s with gratitude and thankfulness that the whole country watched and read about the heroic act of the Pakistani bus driver who was conveying our cricketers to the Gaddafi stadium in Lahore on that fatal day-March 3.
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| Mehar Mohammad Khalil |
A bullet hole is seen on a window of the bus, which was carrying the Sri Lankan cricket team. |
If not for the timely and level-headed action taken by Mehar Mohammad Khalil who was driving our cricketing heroes to the ground, it would have been a disaster not only for cricket fans but for the whole country.
Had he not had the courage and presence of mind to get the bus moving after the initial attack, our cricketers would have been easy targets for the fanatics.
This diminutive man appears to have driven the bus at full speed to the safety of the stadium without thinking of his personal security.
Sri Lankans must pay a special tribute to this simple man for his remarkable bravery in the face of direct fire from the highly sophisticated weapons of ruthless terrorists.
I feel that our Cricket Board should invite Mr. Khalil to Sri Lanka and bestow a special accolade on him, recognizing his brave action that saved our cricket team.
K.R. Pushparanjan, Via e mail |
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