7-Year-Old Braveheart Risks Life To Save Child From Drowning

Not all heroes wear capes nor are they held back by their age. Muhammed Latheef is just 7, but he is already a hero in Elayadam in Kozhikode. 

As per a report in The New Indian Express, Muhammed saved Raaz, 3, from drowning. Raaz was playing near Kurumberi Thazha canal and Muhammed saw him falling into the canal and drowning. 

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The class II student of Sirajul Huda English Medium School, Nadapuram knew swimming and jumped in to save Raaz. 

“Raaz was playing as his mother washed clothes on the canal side. When she went to hang wet clothes, the kid slipped and fell into the water,” Muhammed told The New Indian Express. 

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“Though we are little worried that our son risked his life, we are happy that he saved a life,” said Latheef, Muhammed’s father. 

Muhammed did not think twice about his own life and went after Raaz. Thanks to his quick thinking, a young life was saved.  

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