(July 27, 2011, Malta) -Ashih Tekleab Haile, the 32-year-old Eritrean refugee who lost his life while heroically saving the life of two French fellow workers was given a farewell service at the Mater Dei Hospital Chapel yesterday afternoon.
He lost his life on 20 July when one of the Frenchmen tried to retrieve an umbrella that had been blown away into the sea at Paradise Bay, where they worked as pool boys at the Paradise Bay Hotel.
Broken-hearted, his Ethiopian wife Selemawit, Eritrean friends – many of whom were in hospital uniform – and a good number of Maltese friends, paid their last respects.
Justice and Home Affairs Minister Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici and parliamentary secretary Mario de Marco attended the funeral.
The head of the Emigrants’ Commission, Monsignor Philip Calleja led the service for a person whom people described as “a good man like whom we have never seen before”.
He may be honoured for his bravery after the government decided to propose amendments to the law governing the National Order of Merit. So far, only Maltese nationals can be recognised for brave acts.
Speaking to journalists after the funeral, Mgr Calleja explained that Ashih Tekleab Haile was a much loved person. Read the full story at independent »
He lost his life on 20 July when one of the Frenchmen tried to retrieve an umbrella that had been blown away into the sea at Paradise Bay, where they worked as pool boys at the Paradise Bay Hotel.
Broken-hearted, his Ethiopian wife Selemawit, Eritrean friends – many of whom were in hospital uniform – and a good number of Maltese friends, paid their last respects.
Justice and Home Affairs Minister Carmelo Mifsud Bonnici and parliamentary secretary Mario de Marco attended the funeral.
The head of the Emigrants’ Commission, Monsignor Philip Calleja led the service for a person whom people described as “a good man like whom we have never seen before”.
He may be honoured for his bravery after the government decided to propose amendments to the law governing the National Order of Merit. So far, only Maltese nationals can be recognised for brave acts.
Speaking to journalists after the funeral, Mgr Calleja explained that Ashih Tekleab Haile was a much loved person. Read the full story at independent »
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