BALADI NEWS
The 5-year-old girl, Riham al-Abdallah who was seen saving her baby sister, Tuka, from a bombed building in the town of Ariha, has died after falling down from the fifth floor to the second floor.
Quickly her picture went viral. In the picture, while father, Amjad, looks on in absolute horror, Riham is seen reaching out with her arm and holding on to her 7-month sibling by her t-shirt amidst the falling rubble.
Both children fell from the building moments after the picture was taken. While Tuqa survived after being taken to the hospital in critical condition, Riham did not. SY24’s correspondent Bashar al-Sheikh said in an article, “I got to the place and the father was trying to save his children trapped in the rubble, who were screaming and crying in pain.”
As reported by NBC News, the photo taken by local media activist group SY24 was snapped after Syrian regime forces, backed by Russian allies, attacked the western Idlib province. Among the debris, the family fell from the fifth storey of the building to the second floor following the strike. According to the White Helmets, after saving her baby sister, Riham fell and hit her head on a stone. While receiving emergency medical treatment in the ambulance, Riham passed away.
As reported by the Syrian American Medial Society, Tuqa was treated in the hospital and was later discharged. While four other members of the Syrian family 12 received treatment for their injuries, Reham was not the only victim. The children’s mother, Naqouh, died from her wounds after the air strike hit the building, shortly after the viral photo was taken. Reham’s 3-year-old sister, Rawan, passed away at the hospital.
Source: Heavy.com