The Story Of Guru Maherin Being Experienced By Fire Saves His Students When Bangladesh Train Jet Falls Over School

Bangladeshi training jet crashed on schools in Dhaka/PHOTO via Wikimedia Commons

Maherin Chowdhury died in the tragedy of the fall of Bangladeshi training jets in the school environment. A 46-year-old English teacher died after struggling to save his students.

Maherin repeatedly entered the burning classrooms to save his students, even when his own clothes were engulfed in flames, said his brother, Munaf Mojib Chowdhury.

Maherin died on Monday, July 21, after suffering almost total burns all over his body. He leaves a husband and two teenage sons.

"When her husband called her, begging that she leave the scene and thinking about her children, she refused, saying 'they are also my children, they are on fire. How can I leave them?'" Chowdhury told Reuters by telephone, Wednesday, July 23.

It was recorded that 29 people, mostly children, were killed when a BGI F-7 plane hit the school, trapping them in flames and debris.

The military said the plane suffered mechanical damage.

"I don't know exactly how much he saved, but maybe at least 20 people. He pulled them out with his own hands," Chowdhury said.

The jet took off from the nearest air base on a routine exercise mission.

After experiencing mechanical damage, the pilot tried to divert the plane from a densely populated area, but the plane crashed on campus. The pilot was among the dead.

"When the plane crashed and a fire broke out, everyone ran for safety, he ran to save the others," Principal Khadija Akter told Reuters by telephone about Maherin.

Maherin was buried Tuesday in his home district, Nilphamari, in northern Bangladesh.