Abdul Mosabbir Makin seventh-grader student who was severely burned in the Milestone School and College plane crash. His mother Saleha Begum cried and said that “I saw it with my own eyes my son was trapped inside the burning classroom. I saw others running out with flames on their bodies, but I couldn’t get my son out”.
On Monday afternoon, as usual, she had gone to pick up her son from the school gate in Dhaka’s Diabari area. Though school had ended, Makin wasn’t coming out. She assumed he was chatting with friends. Then, without warning, a massive explosion shook the entire campus, engulfing it in flames. Moments later, she saw her beloved son trapped inside the fire.
On Tuesday afternoon, at the National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute, she stood by his hospital bed, collapsing repeatedly in grief. Weeping over his scorched body, she cried out, “His little body is burned to ashes. O Allah, take my life if you must, but please heal my son. I can’t bear this anymore. Please bring back my precious boy.”
Every day, Saleha brought her son to school from Gazipur’s Boardbazar and picked him up herself. Monday was supposed to be no different. They were to head home together after school let out around 1 PM—but fate had other plans.
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Makin had been in a coaching class on the second floor. Though the class ended, he never made it out. Makin’s uncle, Sumon, recalled, “For the first hour and a half, we had no news. Then a teacher told us he was taken to the hospital first to Uttara Modern Hospital, then transferred to the Burn Institute.”
Doctors later confirmed that 68% of Makin’s body had suffered burns. His airways were also damaged, leaving him unable to speak. He remains in ICU, fighting for his life.
Makin’s cousin, Mahi Haidar Durjoy, shared that Makim is the youngest of two brothers. His elder brother, Abdul Momin Mahadi, is currently sitting for his HSC exams at the same school.
This heartbreaking tragedy has not only devastated one family, but moved an entire nation to tears. Makin is no longer just a student he has become a symbol of suffering, reminding us how negligence can so quickly consume our children’s futures, dreams, and lives.
