Posted on 12/20/2022 1:40:30 PM PST by nickcarraway
Her mother said: ‘I don’t feel the day or night now - I’m completely lost'
The parents of a Derby girl who died suddenly after collapsing at school have paid tribute to their bright, kind and sweet daughter.
Laila Dawood, 15, who suffered from allergies and asthma and lived in Normanton, sadly died after collapsing at Derby Moor Academy, Littleover, on Friday, December 9.
Her father, Mohammed Dawood, 46, who owns a mobile phone repair shop in Normanton Road, said the shock has left him feeling profoundly empty.
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Mr Dawood said: “She meant the whole world to us. She was a very, very sweet child and a respectful girl, whatever colour you were. She had a lot of friends from all different backgrounds.
“She was intelligent and kind and sweet to everyone, a really bright girl. She was doing really well in her mock exams, she got the highest grade. She wanted to become a lawyer and study law.”
He described how he has a unique way of knocking on doors, which Laila always recognised before running towards the sound. Mr Dawood said: “Every time I knocked on the door the way I knock on doors she would run and open the door, whatever she was doing, and hug me straight away.
“We have lots of memories from going on holidays and at home and wonderful family and friends too. Now when I come home it’s empty. I see a lot of people but I don’t see my daughter. I feel so empty.”
Laila’s mum, Aziza Dawood, 39, said: “She was my whole world. I struggle to read and write in English and she was my eyes and ears during doctor's appointments and shopping. She was my brain.
“She was my everything, my best friend. She was very intelligent and very bright. I don’t feel the day or night now. I don’t know what’s going on. I’m completely lost.”
A friend of the family, Showkat Khan, told Derbyshire Live that flowers will be laid outside Laila's school at 11am on Monday, December 19. He said: "The family and friends are very upset and we stand together as a community."
This is in England, NOT Connecticut.
Correct.
You sure it’s not Morocco? Maybe Gaza?
Just going by the names.
More suddenly
at least she didn’t die of covid, or a ‘long battle with cancer’.
It was a safe and effective death.
“Her father, Mohammed Dawood, 46, who owns a mobile phone repair shop”
Don’t they all?
Condolences to family and friends of Laila Dawood.
One can’t be “kind / sweet” AND become a lawyer.
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