Slipped Away

2nd of June 2009

I was at Dr. Fadzilah Kamsah motivation camp in Lenggeng,N.Sembilan..picking up my two sisters and a cousin there as they'd finished their program.I imagined all of them sobbing and hugging mum with emotion-but only fatso was crying..bitter,bitter..the other two just laughed and chattered with joy to us about the whole thing..I was quite devastated..hehe,no chance to tease them..but, to celebrate their homecoming, I bought ice creams for each of them.We were waiting for my uncle to arrive..they wanted to see their daughter (my cousin)as she was not going home this first week of holiday.Later,they arrived and my families sat together under a pondok..nearby was a quite deep pool;the pool floor was leveled and there's a sign telling parents/guardian not to swim in it,if they did so,the risks were theirs to take..Lots of kids were swimming in it,while their parents guarded them beside the pool.Not long,I noticed a few ustaz-like facilitators rush about the pool.I thought they were looking for something and it proved me right when Dayah,my sister came and spread the words that they were searching for a child.Somebody reported that a child was drowned in the pool and none of the parents can traced any sign of their son.The crowd grew quieter and focused on the facilitators.A few of them dive into the pool and started searching for the poor child.Still, no sign of him.

The air grew humid,the clouds turned grey.Not a good sign I guess..and all of a sudden one of the rescuers rose up with a boy in his arms..My God,he looked limped,and definitely unconscious,his face was pale,all blue and his stomach looked inflated-filled with water.He was tiny,and what made me sad was to know that he was only 4.His mother screamed and cried with all her heart,begging people to save her son,telling herself she would die if he didn't come back to life.She was carrying his younger sibling.What a melancholic sight to see.I couldn't bear to watch it.I didn't even dare to go nearer than where I stood and watched this incident..a man tried CPR on that child.I prayed hard that it'll worked.

They estimated that he was drowned for like 15 minutes.Gosh..After a few trial,they confirmed that he was dead!I witness first hand the death of this child.The feeling was horrible.Rage filled my heart.Who were to blame??

His mother?Father?Us?Regrets..regrets..if only I pay more attention to my surroundings or anyone else,perhaps the child won't die..a tender age of 4 shouldn't die like this.He's too young!But then I realised,it's fate..no one can stop what Allah had meant for us..still it haunted me the whole way back.If only someone notice..