There's been an accident here in Sweden, in the community I live, at a school in walking distance from the pre-school where I work. Monday, the 24th, as class was over at Aspnässkolan in Järfälla, three children, aged five, six and seven sat leaning against a window with a pillow behind. The windows suddenly sprung open and before anyone could intervene, they fell eight meters (twenty-six feet) and hit the hard asphalt ground.
Ardo Nur Ahmed, 35 was walking to school to get her six year old daughter, Samira, home. Their family fled to Sweden from Somalia earlier this year and all summer, Samira had been excited about starting school. Thursday, the 20th was her first day. When Ardo arrived at school Monday, to get her daughter, Samira wasn't waiting at the usual place. There was a gathering of people nearby, so Ardo rushed there and saw her daughter and two boys laying on the ground. The boys were screaming and crying but Samira appeared completely lifeless.
"I rushed up to her, feeling her heart and her pulse. She was gone. No sensation, no reaction, nothing. Can you understand? I thought she was dead." Samira's mother Ardo said, crying, to Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet. "This just shouldn't be able to happen. Not at a school. Not in Sweden."
Samira is now treated for severe, but not life-threatening injuries at a hospital and the boys are treated for less severe injuries. As I live nearby and am very fond of children, I of course feel worried for these children and I hope that everything turns out fine. The families of the children must be going through such a nightmare, at the same time as they are happy the children are alive.
Samira, six years old is badly injured after falling out a window.
