Maryland couple among dead on Mecca pilgrimage amid extreme heat
A husband and wife from Bowie, Maryland, had always dreamed of making the Hajj to Mecca.
A husband and wife from Bowie, Maryland, had always dreamed of making the Hajj to Mecca.
Their family says they were among more than 1,000 people who died on the annual five-day pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia as temperatures soared over 120 degrees.
Alhaji Alieu Dausy and Haja Isatu Wurie were the victims.
Their daughter Saida Wurie sat with her two brothers on Sunday and told News4 about her last communication with their parents.
“She let me know that they had been walking for over two hours to get to Mount Arafat, which is part of the Hajj process,” she said.
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