Vancouver man helps save rickshaw riders in Egypt after fire breaks out
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Just this past weekend the couple was in Cairo and driving home around 11 p.m. when they turned a corner and saw a rickshaw going up the ramp.
A B.C. couple visiting Egypt recently jumped into action to help two young men in an auto-rickshaw.
Bassem Ghabrous and his wife moved to Canada seven years ago so she could complete her PhD at the University of British Columbia.
However, they recently returned to Egypt to visit family and Ghabrous’ mom.
Just this past weekend the couple was in Cairo and driving home around 11 p.m. when they turned a corner and saw a rickshaw going up the ramp.
That’s when Ghabrous said he noticed a fire at the back of the vehicle.
“It was on fire, and they couldn’t, they’re just going fast and probably it just started,” Ghabrous said.
“They couldn’t notice it. And then there was a car driving by and he was trying to warn them.”
Ghabrous said he was behind the rickshaw honking the horn.
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