A teacher in Bangladesh has died from severe burns after rescuing dozens of students from a school building engulfed in flames after a military plane crashed on July 21.
A Bangladesh Air Force training plane crashed into a school complex in the capital Dhaka, killing at least 27 people and injuring more than 160.
The plane crashed into the Milestone School and College grounds, where children were at the time.
Mahreen Chowdhury, a teacher at the same school, acted heroically during the disaster, returning to the burning classrooms to rescue students. “These children are my children too” Just before she was intubated in the intensive care unit, Chowdhury reportedly told her husband: “These children are my children too.” She died later on Monday, with burns covering almost 100 percent of her body. According to her husband, Chowdhury said: “I managed to rescue 20 to 25 people, as many as I could.” Chowdhury had worked at Milestone School for 17 years and had risen to the position of department coordinator for grades 2 to 5.
Her funeral was held on Tuesday in her hometown of Nilphamari district, with the country observing national mourning and flags flying at half-mast.
Bangladesh's interim Prime Minister, Mohammad Yunus, announced the formation of a commission to investigate the crash.
Bangladesh: Mass protests and social unrest The next morning, hundreds of students and citizens took to the streets of Dhaka demanding transparency about the death toll, the resignation of relevant government officials, and the withdrawal of old, dangerous aircraft from the armed forces. Protesters stormed the federal government complex, and police responded with tear gas and stun grenades, injuring dozens.
The crash in Bangladesh comes just weeks after the world's deadliest air crash in a decade, when an Air India plane crashed in the city of Ahmedabad on June 12, killing 260 people. Only one of those on board survived the crash.
With information from BBC
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