Atizaz made his mother cry but saved those of others.
The sacrifice by the teenager Aitazaz Hassan who saved
hundreds of his schoolmates was extraordinary and this the reason of the world
that is all praise for the young nine-grader hero. Pakistan Army pays an
excellent tribute to Aitzaz Hassan.
Aitzaz wh is 15 years old and hugged death by
intercepting a suicide bomber before he could enter his school in a village in
Hangu district. Aitzaz Hassan was awarded
the Sitara-e-Shujaat by Prime Minister of Pakistan, which is one of the
gallantry medals given to those people whose showing extraordinary bravery.
Senior military officials of Pakistan Army has also
presented salute at the grave of the teenager, whose father and family said
they were proud of his son.
The father of Aitzaz Hassan who is working in UAE and came
from there to participate in the funeral of his son has described on the occasion
that my brave son has made his mother cry but he saved hundreds of other mothers
from mourning their sons.
Initially the incident went largely unnoticed. It took
a couple of days for the media and the political and military leadership to realize
the importance of the sacrifice of Aitzaz Hassan. However when the social media
took up the issue the world started showering praise on the young boy.
According to the report about this incident that on December 6th,
Aitzaz Hassan was present outside his school along with a couple of his school mates after they were not allowed
to attend the morning assembly for coming late when the suicide bomber arrived
there in a school uniform. the suicide bomber was asked about the school when one
of the students noticed that the bomber was having something suspicious around
his body and in his hand then the other students ran towards the school but
Aitzaz Hassan, in his mind teens tried to overpower the bomber who was left
with no option but to blow himself up. Gradually the world started realizing how
brave Aitzaz Hassan was as he scarified his life to save hundreds of other
students. Aitzaz is the hero of Hangu, gave his life so others could live. We will
never forget his sacrifice. The international media is still busy in doing
stories high lighting the gallantry of the teenager who in fact deserves a lot
more.