It was very shocking and horrible to see the death of Owais Baig during the fire that erupted in the State Life building some days ago. When he was hanging from the building and was striving for his life, many people were standing under the building included rescue workers, media and common people. They all were watching Owais hanging from the window of the top floor but nobody stepped forward and offered him any help. At last, he could not balance himself in that position, fell on the ground and died.
But his death raises many questions for the whole nation. First, it challenges the capacity of our rescue institutions. If we cannot save a person hanging for more than ten minutes, how can we rescue people trapped in buildings on fire? Our so-called responsible media instead of helping the man telecasted the whole gruesome episode live. And the most sordid point of this episode was that these news channels were showing the whole incident again and again. One can imagine how the family of the deceased young man could have born this footage on news channels.
ZAHID RASHID
Rawalakot, Azad Kashmir
