Monday, May 15, 2006

An Amazing Act Of Courage

Noraini Othman, the victim of an attempted murder and rape last Tuesday, is alive today because she played dead.

The 16-year-old, from Kampung Gual Kulim, Malaysia pretended to be dead after her assailant hit her on the head in an attempt to rape her in a wooden shed in Jalan Senggora.

The ruse worked as he stopped beating her, but her ordeal was not over as the man, who was her brother’s friend, wrapped her in a mat that he found in the shed.

He then placed pieces of wood on her prone body in an attempt to make a funeral pyre for the Sekolah Perempuan Pasir Mas student.

The assailant then started a fire using her textbooks.

"After he started the fire, I waited several minutes just to be sure that he was gone," Noraini said from her hospital bed where she is now recovering.

I salute the strength of a cool head in a horrible situation and wish her well.

No comments: