'I have to say thank you': Woman seeks 'brave girls' who saved relatives during NZ attack
A woman who lost her father in last week's Christchurch shooting at the Al Noor mosque says she wants to find and thank the two women who rescued her sister-in-law and baby niece.Two women stopped their car and saved Fazia Abdukadir's sister-in-law and nieceFazia Abdukadir travelled from the United States to New Zealand to support her family after they were caught up in the attacks, which left 50 people dead.
Her father Elmi Abdukadir, 66, was killed — but five other members of her family managed to flee the mosque. On the way to bury her father at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Christchurch, Ms Abdukadir approached the ABC to ask for their help in identifying two women who were driving by the mosque as the attacks took place."She had a chance to get away, but still, she was scared and screaming, and the baby was crying," she said.
Ms Abdukadir's sister-in-law saw the bodies of two friends as she fled and was terrified of being followed.
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