In a fine gesture, a Pakistani national helped a group of Indian students who were in trouble at Dallas international airport, reported The Hindustan Times.
The incident happened on March 16 when a team of aero-designers from the National Institute of Technology-Jamshedpur (NIT-J) was returning after participating in a competition in Texas.
The airport authorities asked the students to pay $260 as the size of a model aircraft that they carried was above the prescribed limits. But they were short of money.
This was when Amaad, a businessman from Karachi, who was also waiting in the queue, came forward to help them. He paid the money for the students and helped them board the flight.
“Nobody had stopped or fined us when we took the same box to Texas. We had just $70 at our disposal. We tried asking the officials to let us check in because we were students, but our efforts went in vain. It was then that Amaad came forward and paid the fine for us, allowing us to return to India,” team captain Aditya Barnwal told Hindustan Times.
“When we asked for Amaad’s account details, so we could refund the money after returning home, he said there was no need for that,” he added.
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The incident happened on March 16 when a team of aero-designers from the National Institute of Technology-Jamshedpur (NIT-J) was returning after participating in a competition in Texas.
The airport authorities asked the students to pay $260 as the size of a model aircraft that they carried was above the prescribed limits. But they were short of money.
This was when Amaad, a businessman from Karachi, who was also waiting in the queue, came forward to help them. He paid the money for the students and helped them board the flight.
“Nobody had stopped or fined us when we took the same box to Texas. We had just $70 at our disposal. We tried asking the officials to let us check in because we were students, but our efforts went in vain. It was then that Amaad came forward and paid the fine for us, allowing us to return to India,” team captain Aditya Barnwal told Hindustan Times.
“When we asked for Amaad’s account details, so we could refund the money after returning home, he said there was no need for that,” he added.
05/04/16 Sreekanth A. Nair/American Bazaar
