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PROFILE & UPDATE (March 23, 2005)
Like any little girl would after spending several days in
hospital, Inara is happy to be home again and also misses her
friends at school. She woke up at her normal school time this
morning and wanted to go to school, but understands that it will
be a while before she can return to school. She spends her day
doing arts and craft, coloring and watching TV. She is back to the
routine of breakfast, lunch and dinner with evening prayers and
watching some more TV.
Her favourite colour is Pink. Her favourite Indian actor is Shah
Rukh Khan and wishes to meet him in person. In fact her birthday
is the same day as Shah Rukh Khan. She loves to watch Indian
movies. She loves to read and write short stories on her own. She
loves to pretend to be a teacher with kids sitting in a circle and
she is teaching these pretend children. She loves to go shopping.
She loves the movie Free Willie and Spider Man. She has a
collection of Barbie movies and have watched them several times.
She loves Dora the Explorer and has several items of Dora. She is
very sharp and smart in her studies. She loves to do Maths and
someday wishes to be either a Doctor or a Surgeon. She is very
close to her family specially her Aunt and Uncle. She loves to go
skating and dancing, and is very close to her mother and
grandmother and confides in them.
The story of little Inara Amarsi is nothing short of a miracle and
can best be expressed in a quote from Jaako Rakhe Saayian Maar
Sake Na Koi- ( Nobody can kill a person whom God wants to save)
Inara miraculously survived after being thrown over a bridge onto
Canada’s busiest Highway by her father Alnoor Amarsi.
Somehow, she survived without a car hitting her on the busy
highway. Her condition was touch-and-go for many days, and she
remained on a respirator with serious injuries, until she took a
turn for the better and began breathing on her own.
Inara still needs treatment for neck injury and must wear a neck
brace to stabilize the delicate area. The child suffered serious
abdominal and chest injuries, which have healed.
"She will continue to be treated as an outpatient at the
hospital and will require physiotherapy and counselling,"
admits Hospital spokesperson Lisa Lipkin.
- A trust fund has been set up to help the family pay for
Inara's needs. You can contribute at any C.I.B.C. branch:
Transit#: 00002
Acct.#: 8688435
Institution #: 010
Below are several new reports that covered this
tragic incident:
March 8, 2005 : CBC News
Condition update for Inara Amarsi
TORONTO - Five-year-old Inara Amarsi remains in critical condition
after being admitted to The Hospital for Sick Children Critical
Care Unit on Sunday, March 6 with chest and abdominal injuries.
She is not alert and has not undergone surgery. Inara remains
unconscious and is breathing with the assistance of a ventilator.
I want to thank the public for their good wishes and prayers for
my child, said Shamsha Amarsi, Inara’s mother. Right now my
efforts are concentrated on supporting my daughter during this
difficult time.
Ms. Amarsi has asked for privacy and does not wish to speak to the
media at this time.
Condition updates will be issued by Sick Kids Public Affairs
department when new information becomes available.
March 9, 2005: Pulse24.com
The incident on Highway 401 that left a little girl in critical
condition may have been prevented, had stronger measures been put
in place to check the suicidal tendencies of the man responsible
for the terrible act.
Five-year-old Inara Amarsi remains in serious condition at the
Hospital for Sick Children after her father threw her off a
highway overpass late Sunday afternoon.
The young victim’s parents married in 1998, but began to have
serious problems shortly afterwards, both emotional and financial.
The girl’s mother, Shamsha Amarsi, filed for divorce last summer
and said she had major concerns about her own safety and that of
her child.
A psychiatrist assessed the girl’s father, Alnoor Amarsi, and the
findings were used in a court battle between the couple for
custody of the child. Dr. Ravi Kakar concluded the man posed no
threat to his daughter or his wife.
In an Aug. 19th letter, the doctor stated Amarsi had no intention
of taking his own life and that his main concern was for his
daughter. The psychiatrist said he believed the man was capable of
taking care of the youngster.
Seven months later, the man threw his five-year-old daughter from
the Don Mills bridge and then jumped himself. He was killed in the
fall.
The father attended several sessions with Kakar for treatment for
depression, court documents state.
On Tuesday the girl’s mother issued a public statement thanking the
public for their well wishes and support. Little Inara is fighting
to overcome severe chest and abdominal injuries.
A ventilator assists her breathing and doctors are waiting for her
to regain consciousness before they decide if surgery is
necessary.
March 12, 2005: CBC News
The five-year-old girl who was thrown off a highway bridge by her
father remained in critical condition in Toronto's Hospital for
Sick Children on Tuesday.
Inara Amarsi was unconscious and breathing only with the help of a
ventilator, the hospital said. Contrary to prior reports that
talked about head surgery, Sick Kids said the girl had chest and
abdominal injuries.
"She is not alert and has not undergone surgery," the
hospital said in a release on its website.
The latest update paints a grimmer picture than earlier remarks
from police that Inara had remained unharmed, suffering only minor
injuries involving some internal bleeding. These comments came on
Monday and on Sunday, the day the girl suffered her fall at the
hands of her father.
On Sunday, around 6 p.m, police were unable to stop the girl's
father, Alnoor Amarsi, from throwing her off the Don Mills bridge
crossing Highway 401.
Shortly thereafter, Amarsi himself jumped. The girl survived the
15-metre fall, but her father died instantly.
The man's apparent murder-suicide plot seems to have been directed
against his estranged wife, Shamsha Amarsi, the mother of the
girl.
The mother on Tuesday pleaded for privacy, asking to be left alone
by
the media. "Right now my efforts are concentrated on
supporting my daughter during this difficult time," she said.
The province's Special Investigations Unit is probing the police
officers' role in the tragedy. Police were present but unable to
stop the man.
March 12, 2005: Voice ( Indian News Paper)
Jaako Rakhe Saayian Maar Sake Na Koi- ( Nobody can kill a person
whom God wants to save) This old saying was recently proved true
when 5 year old Inara Amarsi survived a fall from 15 meters
without a broken bone. Alnoor Amarsi father of the girl, attempted
to kill the child and himself in what can be termed as one of the
most shocking and brutal incident.
For Alnoor life had not quite worked out the way he had thought.
There were soaring debts to take care of and the estranged
relation with his wife- Shamsha had made things worse. Failing to
see any ray of hope to the abysmal situation, Alnoor decided to
avenge himself upon his ex-wife whom allegedly he held responsible
for the failed marriage. And in a bid to do so he chose to end the
life of his five year old innocent daughter before killing
himself.
The unfortunate incident took place on March 6. As per the
information available, Alnoor picked his daughter from Shamsha's
North York apartment. After their divorce, it had become a regular
practice. Alnoor was allowed to see his daughter only on Sundays.
Only that this time he had something else in mind.
His cruel intentions became clear when an obviously frantic
Shamsha called up the police to inform about the suicidal note
that Alnoor had left in her apartment. She received various
threatening calls during the next hour. The police tried to
persuade him for leaving his daughter unharmed. But in vain!
Ending up the long wait and all efforts to trace, Alnoor, the
police were able to locate him at a bridge at the Don Mills Road.
The police tried to make all possible attempts to plead with him,
but obviously Alnoor would not give up. Not before he did what he
intended. And then the fateful time came. He threw five-year old
Inara who was dressed in pink snowsuit from the overpass into the
oncoming traffic. According to the witnesses, he stood there for a
few seconds and then jumped himself to end his life. Little Inara
was later taken to the Sick Children Hospital with no broken bone.
She reportedly had some internal bleeding. Even after three days
of the gory incident, the doctors have declared her condition to
be highly critical.
As per the available information, Inara had lived with her mother,
Shamsha who is an Air Canada employee. Her mother has repeatedly
told the courts and police that Amarsi was mentally unstable. She
had also cited fear for the life for her daughter.
Shamsha got married to Alnoor in 1998. As per the court documents,
the couple incurred huge debts and Alnoor lost his business.
According to Shamsha, Alnoor had been depressed for many years and
had tried to commit suicide a couple of times in the past.
Alnoor's attempt to kill his daughter and end up his own life has
raised a question mark over his psychiatrist's assessment. The
Toronto psychiatrist had obviously found that the father was not a
risk to himself or the family.
March 14, 2005: Sick Kids Hospital
Condition update for Inara Amarsi
TORONTO - Five-year-old Inara Amarsi is awake and breathing on her
own this morning. She continues to recover from chest and
abdominal injuries in the Critical Care Unit at The Hospital for
Sick Children (Sick Kids) and is listed in critical but stable
condition.
Shamsha Amarsi, Inara’s mother, thanks the public for their
support, prayers and good wishes but does not wish to speak to the
media at this time.
THE PUBLIC PRAYED FOR INARA
Please pray, the Lord just spoke to me that this child will not
die. Stand on
James 5:14-15. Your prayer of faith will heal this little girl.
Her name is Inara Amarsi.
Prayer Request/Story:
A man living here in Toronto, estranged from his wife, took their
5 year old child, went to a highway overpass, over the Highway
401, (the BUSIEST highway in the entire
country!), and as the little girl wept and clung to her daddy’s
legs, he picked her
up and threw her headfirst over the railings and down almost 50
feet into oncoming westbound traffic.
She is in Sick Children’s Hospital, unconscious and is breathing
with the aid of a ventilator. She has internal injuries in her
abdomen and chest, and she is in CRITICAL CONDITION. Her mother
went on TV and thanks everyone for their prayers.
No one is saying right now if she’ll survive or not.
The father did this, because he said in his suicide note that he
hated the mother, that he couldn’t pay his bills, so that he was
going to kill his daughter and then himself, and after throwing
his daughter over the railings, he jumped headfirst into the
westbound lanes. He died instantly.
HOWEVER JESUS WAS THERE.....
A doctor, who just happened to look up at the bridge just before
she passed underneath it, saw the girl being thrown and slammed on
her brakes, jumped out of her car, and was at the child’s side in
mere seconds. All other traffic stopped, and thank God that
neither the doctor or the little girl were run over.
If Jesus spared this child’s life from the fall, as well as that
of the doctor’s from the oncoming traffic, then He in His infinite
love and mercy must definitely have plans for this little girl’s
life.
Our God does the impossible, we are witness to that every day here
at Children of the Promise, and we know that children have a very
special place in His Heart.
We believe in a loving and compassionate Christ, who meets
someone’s needs 100 percent, He finishes what He starts, and I do
not believe for a second, that He will EVER take His hand off this
child for the rest of her life.
This horrific incident happened only 5 miles from our home, and I
WILL keep all of you informed as to what is happening the minute
that I find out.
On behalf of children everywhere, many, many heartfelt thanks from
Elizabeth and myself.
We pray that the Lord will bless all of you each and every day.
Cynthia Louise
The little girl’s name is: Inara Amarsi
Her moms name is: Shamsha Amarsi
Prayer:
Father, thank you because this child will not die but live to
declare the works of the Lord. We ask you Lord to bring health and
healing, restoration, and miraculous intervention in this life, in
Jesus name.
Thank you for preserving her life, in Jesus name.
Pastor Amakor - Open Heaven Ministries Nigeria
March 22, 2005:
ANSWERED PRAYER – INARA IS GOING HOME
Her name is Shamsha Amarsi and she’s become the symbol of
suffering in the G.T.A.
She’s the mother of five-year-old Inara, the little girl who was
dropped from a bridge by her father over the 401 at Don Mills Road
March 6th.
But after so much suffering, the mom who remained by her
daughter’s bedside hoping for her recovery appears to have had her
prayers answered.
The Hospital for Sick Children confirms the little girl is finally
well enough to go home.
Her grateful mother used the good news to issue her first
face-to-face public statement on the tragedy, thanking those who
stood by the distraught family during its darkest nightmare.
At times choking back tears, Amarsi notes her gratitude for those
who helped her get through the ordeal.
Inara is fine and will be back to her normal routine in due
course, she confirms. I would like to thank all those who have
supported Inara and me with their good wishes, generosity and
prayers.
"I'm very grateful to all of you, and it has touched my heart
to see so many people from all over the country praying for my
daughter Inara. I hope and pray that God almighty will pay you all
in many folds for your kindness and generosity.
She then requested privacy while the healing process continues,
before leaving without taking any questions.
That healing may take some time - Inara still needs treatment for
a neck injury and must wear an uncomfortable neck brace to
stabilize the delicate area. The child suffered serious abdominal
and chest injuries, which have healed.
"She will continue to be treated as an outpatient at the
hospital and will require physiotherapy and counselling,"
admits Hospital spokesperson Lisa Lipkin.
Alnoor Amarsi had custody of her daughter on that Sunday night,
when he phoned his estranged spouse to tell her of his plans to
kill her and then himself.
He succeeded in only the latter part of his disturbing plot,
succumbing to his own injuries after jumping from the ledge.
Somehow, she survived without a car hitting her on the busy
highway. But her condition was touch-and-go for many weeks, and
she remained on a respirator with serious injuries, until she took
a turn for the better and began breathing on her own.
- A trust fund has been set up to help the family pay for
Inara's needs. You can contribute at any C.I.B.C. branch:
Transit#: 00002
Acct.#: 8688435
Institution #: 010
Statement by Shamsha Amarsi
March 22, 2005
Amarsi's video statement.
It gives me great pleasure to advise that Inara is fine and will be back to her normal routine in due course. I would like to thank all those who have supported Inara and me with their good wishes, generosity and prayers. I'm very grateful to all of you, and it has touched my heart to see so many people from all over the country praying for my daughter Inara.
I hope and pray that God almighty will pay you all in many folds for your kindness and generosity. I especially want to thank all the doctors, nurses, social workers, volunteers at the Sick Kids Hospital and encourage all of you to continue your support for this great hospital.
I would like to request your support in giving us the privacy that our family needs to move forward in the future. I will not be answering any questions at this time. Thank you very much for your time.
March 25, 2005: National Post
LATEST UPDATE
TORONTO -- The little girl tossed from an overpass onto Canada's
busiest highway by her suicidal father appeared in public on
Friday for the first time since she was released from hospital.
Wearing a neck brace and accompanied by her mother, Shamsha
Amarsi, five-year-old Inara Amarsi walked haltingly towards
reporters outside their Toronto apartment building.
"She colours a lot. She takes short naps and watches TV, you
know, smiles and talks to everyone in the family," Inara's
uncle, Altaf Noora, told reporters.
"I feel really, really happy. I don't have words to
describe."
The family had planned to visit a mosque on the girl's first trip
out of her home since she was released from the Hospital for Sick
Children on March 22.
Noora said Inara doesn't seem to have much idea what happened.
"She probably thinks that it was just an accident, probably
fall down and that's why she's in the hospital from day one, but
other than that, no recollection of, you know, any of that
incident," he said.
"She paused for awhile when she was told about her dad, but
then it was - we asked, 'Do you have any questions?,' She said
'No, everything is fine.' "
Inara suffered serious chest, abdominal and neck injuries and was
unconscious and on a ventilator for several days after she was
rushed to hospital from the scene of the horrifying tragedy on
Highway 401.
Alnoor Amarsi, 48, who had custody of his daughter on Sundays,
dangled the girl from a bridge above roaring traffic on March 6 as
police pleaded with him to spare her.
But he tossed the girl onto one of the highway's 16 lanes. She was
not hit by oncoming traffic.
A moment later, he jumped to his death. An autopsy concluded he
died of blunt-force injuries but was not hit by any vehicles.
The little girl's parents were going through a difficult divorce
and the man had been refused more time with his daughter. His
suicide notes said he hated his estranged wife and that he
intended to kill the girl.
The child's neck injury still needs treatment and the youngster
will continue to wear a neck brace over the next few weeks as
doctors monitor her progress.
Upon her release, hospital officials said Inara would continue to
be treated as an outpatient and would require physiotherapy and
counselling.
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