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So Yesterday a Distant Friend of Mine Was Affected by the School Collapse
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| School Building Tragedy: Daughter Predicted Father's Heartbreaking Loss in a Dream, She Saw Me Carrying a Small Casket and Dancing with It on My Head |
I have been in mourning ever since I got the news. I called him immediately after I heard the rumors to confirm. He told me he had not heard anything and was going to rush there to check.
The call ended shortly after.
I quickly made calls to a friend of mine who lived close by, and she told me she was at work but had heard the news about the collapse.
I called my friend again, and he told me it was true. He was at the scene, staring at the collapsed school building.
He said to me, "Praises, I haven't seen my daughter. I'm still looking around for her. I still haven't found her."
He later called me back and told me they had just brought out her body.
"She's gone. My daughter is gone, bro."
I didn't know when I let out a shout and a tear dropped from my eyes.
I visited him this evening at the hospital where he was standing. He had gone to drop off her body at the Plateau Hospital and couldn't return home anymore. He just found a tree and sat down.
When I got to him, he told me that three days ago, his daughter had told him that she saw him carrying a small casket and dancing with it on his head.
He didn't pay attention to it. He just told her to reject the dream and then took her to school.
This morning, when he was preparing her for school, she told him she didn't want to go.
But he told her she was having an exam and she needed to go to school.
"Praises, I talked with my daughter today. We played. Because of how happy I was, I gave her 500 naira for lunch. My daughter went to school, and I went to the shop. Now, see what's happened."
She was his only child.
I saw other parents crying.
A man lost his four children at once. That man couldn't speak.
I saw death today and saw the real casualties live on with pain in their hearts.
Heaven received little angels today.
May the souls of the departed rest in perfect peace with the Lord. May He grant the families of the deceased comfort as they go through this trying period.
