An illustration of a diner helping another person in a restaurant.

مُواطِنٌ سُعُودِيٌّ يُسَاعِدُ رَجُلًا يَمَنِيًّا فِي مَطْعَمٍ

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كَانَ تُرْكِيُّ بْنُ سَعْدٍ الشَّمَّرِيُّ يَتَنَاوَلُ الْغَدَاءَ مَعَ إِخْوَتِهِ فِي مَطْعَمٍ بِمُحَافَظَةِ حَفْرِ الْبَاطِنِ. وَكَانَ رَجُلٌ يَمَنِيٌّ يَأْكُلُ مَعَ صَدِيقِهِ فِي الْمَكَانِ نَفْسِهِ. فَجْأَةً، عَلِقَتْ قِطْعَةُ طَعَامٍ فِي مَجْرَى تَنَفُّسِ الرَّجُلِ، فَلَمْ يَعُدْ يَسْتَطِيعُ التَّنَفُّسَ بِشَكْلٍ طَبِيعِيٍّ. وَلَمْ يَعْرِفْ صَدِيقُهُ كَيْفَ يُسَاعِدُهُ. وَحَدَثَ ذٰلِكَ يَوْمَ ٢٧ أُكْتُوبَرَ ٢٠٢٦.

لَاحَظَ تُرْكِيُّ مَا يَحْدُثُ، فَسَارَعَ إِلَى مُسَاعَدَةِ الرَّجُلِ. وَاسْتَخْدَمَ مَعْرِفَتَهُ بِالإِسْعَافَاتِ الْأَوَّلِيَّةِ، وَضَغَطَ عَلَى بَطْنِهِ حَتَّى خَرَجَتْ قِطْعَةُ الطَّعَامِ. وَعَادَ الرَّجُلُ بَعْدَ ذٰلِكَ إِلَى التَّنَفُّسِ. وَقَالَ تُرْكِي إِنَّهُ لَمْ يَتَرَدَّدْ فِي مُسَاعَدَتِهِ، وَإِنَّ سَلَامَةَ الإِنْسَانِ مُهِمَّةٌ. وَوَصَفَ مَا فَعَلَهُ بِأَنَّهُ وَاجِبٌ إِنْسَانِيٌّ. وَنَشَرَتْ صَحِيفَةُ «سَبْقٍ» تَفَاصِيلَ الْحَادِثَةِ، وَذَكَرَ مَوْقِعٌ يَمَنِيٌّ أَنَّ كَامِيرَا الْمَطْعَمِ سَجَّلَتْهَا.

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Saudi Man Helps Yemeni Diner Who Was Choking

Turki bin Saad Al-Shammari was having lunch with his brothers at a restaurant in Hafar Al-Batin. A Yemeni man was eating with his friend in the same place. Suddenly, a piece of food became stuck in the man’s airway, and he could no longer breathe normally. His friend did not know how to help him. This happened on October 27, 2026.

Turki noticed what was happening and hurried to help the man. He used his first-aid knowledge and pressed on the man’s abdomen until the piece of food came out. The man was then able to breathe again. Turki said that he did not hesitate to help and that a person’s safety matters. He described what he did as a humanitarian duty. The Saudi newspaper Sabq published details of the incident, and a Yemeni news site said that the restaurant camera recorded it.

Key Vocabulary

Arabic Part of speech English
مَطْعَمٌ noun restaurant
عَلِقَتْ verb got stuck
مَجْرَى التَّنَفُّسِ noun phrase airway
سَارَعَ verb hurried
الإِسْعَافَاتُ الْأَوَّلِيَّةُ noun phrase first aid
ضَغَطَ verb pressed
تَرَدَّدَ verb hesitated
وَاجِبٌ noun duty

Sources

  1. Sabq: Video: A citizen saves a Yemeni resident from choking in a restaurant in Hafar Al-Batin
  2. Al-Mashhad Al-Yemeni: A Saudi citizen saves a Yemeni resident from choking inside a restaurant

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