Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has signed a decree awarding the medal “Jasorat” (“Courage”) to Khairullo Ibadullayev, a citizen of the country who saved a child who fell out of a window in St. Petersburg. This was reported by the press secretary of the head of the republic, Sherzod Asadov, on the telegram channel.
The presidential decree states that the person was awarded the highest honor for his courage and selflessness in rescuing a young child in an extraordinary and difficult situation.
Mirziyoyev’s press secretary also noted that Ibadullayev, risking his life and health, clearly demonstrated such high qualities as courage and heroism inherent in the Uzbek people.
Details of the incident
A six-year-old boy jumped out of a window on the seventh floor of a residential building on February 22. A street sweeper working below at that time managed to catch the child and soften the blow of the fall to the ground with his own body. As the city’s emergency services later found out, the boy’s mother was in another room, and there were no special protective shutters on the windows.
The hero was quickly identified – he turned out to be a citizen of Uzbekistan, Khairullo Ibadullayev, the republic’s migration agency reported. As it is known, Khairullo had left for Russia to work four months ago: he had to take care of his four children and sick parents.
After the incident, the sweeper told reporters that he saw the boy standing on the ledge in front of the window and shouted at him to come into the house, but the boy did not listen and ran away. According to the man, when he ran away, the boy’s feet touched his chest, and he could not stop himself, falling to the ground. Ibadullayev first tried to help the victim on his own, but then made a hasty decision and carried him to the entrance of the house, where, together with the housekeeper, they called an ambulance.
The boy was hospitalized in a state of shock, and his mother went with him. It was determined that the child had suffered injuries to his chest, abdomen, and a closed head injury.
