British boy, 9, visits Dubai second time to thank security guard on Palm Jumeirah for saving his life during first trip

British boy, 9, visits Dubai second time to thank security guard on Palm Jumeirah for saving his life during first trip

Dubai: A visiting British boy’s heartwarming gesture in seeking out a security guard on Dubai’s Palm Jumeirah to specially thank him for saving his life on an earlier trip has won him high praise.

In what is a true celebration of the human spirit, the nine-year-old boy Oliver Jack Bennett, who was on a holiday to Dubai with his mum for the second time in seven months last week, had one ‘must-do’ on his agenda: Meet ‘Muhammed’, the security guard of the building where he had been staying during his first trip in November.

As reported by Gulf News earlier, Oliver had suffered a critical tonsillar hemorrhage caused by bacterial tonsillitis during his two-week holiday at the time. His mum Jayne let on last week that it was Muhammed’s presence of mind that prompted him to call the ambulance, which in turn rushed Oliver to the Emergency of the Al Barsha-based Saudi German Hospital, where timely diagnosis and treatment enabled him to turn the corner.

However, finding Muhammed was not easy. “At Oliver’s behest, we went to look for him at the Palm building where we had rented out an apartment during our last visit. But he was no longer