Remembering APS: Syeda Farhat, the teacher who died saving her students
The brave mother, and teacher, of the school ran towards the auditorium as she heard the sound of gunfire. Photo: Dunya News
(Dunya News) – Three years have passed since the gruesome attack at the Army Public School in Peshawar left the country in shock and pain. Many families lost their children and loved ones on that tragic day.
On December 16, 2014, brothers Baqir and Satoot, of grade 9 and 11 respectively, had no idea what kind of fate they would be facing on that day. Their mother, Syeda Farhat, who was a teacher in the Army Public School, accompanied them that day.
The brave mother, and teacher of the school, ran towards the auditorium as she heard the sound of gunfire. Farhat was among the people who lost their lives trying to save innocent students. Her grieving husband said that no one could fill the void that Farhat’s absence had created.
Baqir and Satoot survived the attack but they lost their mother, something that will always remain a tremendous tragedy for the boys.
The martyr’s zealous bravery was awarded and will be an emblem of pride and motivation for the generations to come. Photo: Dunya News
Baqir, sustained gunshot wounds on his head. Those wounds have healed but for him, the wounds of the loss of his mother will never heal.
Farhat’s friend, who is also a teacher, has been taking care of the sons who lost their mother in the Army Public School attack, but the family is still broken and wounded with the loss of a brave teacher who died while saving her students.
For more on this, watch a report by Dunya News below.
