Emirates plane crash survivor gets lucky again, wins $1 million-dollar sweepstakes
Less than one week after emerging from the Emirates plane crash in Dubai unscathed, one survivor proved himself lucky once again – by winning US$1 million in an airport duty-free sweepstakes.
Mohamed Basheer Abdul Khadar, a 62-year-old Indian national, didn’t believe it at first when he received the call informing him of his win.
“I said, ‘Don’t joke!’ and they said, ‘Yes, you are the winner!’ and I said, ‘No!’” he recounted.
Mohamed Basheer, who works at an auto dealership’s body shop in Dubai, won the Dubai Duty Free’s Millennium Millionaire sweepstakes on Tuesday with a ticket he purchased on July 6, which he said was his 17th attempt.
He currently earns 8,000 Dirham (US$2,178) a month, most of which goes to his family back in India, including his 21-year-old son who became paralyzed after an accidental fall just days after being born.
On August 3, Mohamed Basheer was among the 300 passengers on board the ill-fated Emirates Airline Boeing 777 which crash-landed at Dubai International Airport upon arriving from India.
According to airport officials, no fatalities were reported, though one firefighter was killed while responding to the accident. Another 10 people were hospitalized as a result of the crash.
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