Many are calling him the luckiest man alive.
62-year-old Mohammad Basheer Abdul Khadar was on the Emirates flight EK521 that crash-landed at Dubai airport and erupted in a fireball last Wednesday. All the passengers were extremely lucky to have escaped unhurt in what could have been a far worse tragedy.
However, Bashir’s good luck didn’t end with escaping the air crash. He is now $1million richer due to a ticket bought at the same airport where he had a miraculous escape less a than a week ago.
The Indian expat won Dirham 3.67 million (USD 1 million) when his lucky ticket number 0845 was drawn in the Dubai Duty Free millennium Millionaire at Concourse A at Dubai International Airport, Gulf News Reported.
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He had bought the ticket on Eid while he was catching a flight to join his family in Thiruvananthapuram in India.
Working as a fleet administrator with a car dealer group in Dubai, Basheer bought raffle tickets whenever he travelled to India. He got lucky with his 17th ticket. He is retiring in just four months.
"I have been working in Dubai for 37 years, and I have always felt like this is my country. I live a simple life, and now that it's my time to retire, I feel like God gave me a second life when I survived the plane crash, and blessed me with this money to follow all this up by doing good things," he said.
"I have been working in Dubai for 37 years, and I have always felt like this is my country. I live a simple life, and now that it's my time to retire, I feel like God gave me a second life when I survived the plane crash, and blessed me with this money to follow all this up by doing good things," he said.
Basheer said he plans to return to India after his retirement to find a job that involves helping people in need.
Mohammad Basheer Source: Gulf News
He wants to help children in Kerala who are in need of financial help and medical support.
He wants to help children in Kerala who are in need of financial help and medical support.
"I am blessed to have finally won with Dubai Duty Free and can't wait to share the news with my family. If you ask me about my plans, I obviously want to help the children in Kerala who are less fortunate than others and need some financial help and medical support," he said.
