SHAH ALAM: Adnan Othman, one of the Water Rescue Unit divers from the Shah Alam Fire and Rescue Department, managed to celebrate his 33rd birthday with family members on Sept 29.
According to Adnan’s mother, Ronani Abdullah, 58, her second child returned to her Port Dickson house with his wife that day.
“I last met him during his 33rd birthday celebration, which is also my wedding anniversary. He did not stay overnight but returned to Shah Alam after the celebration,” she said when met together with Adnan’s wife, Shamiza Salleh, 32, at the Section 15 Shah Alam fire station, here, today.
Ronani said she did not notice anything amiss when she last met Adnan.
“Everything was normal. That’s when I met him for the last time, we didn’t talk on the phone after that day.
“He told me then that, ‘Mom, you have knee pain so no need to cook, make rendang and ketupat’,” she said.
Adnan left behind a wife and two daughters, Nur Aisyah Damia Adnan, 4, and Aliyah Maisarah, 2.
Adnan was among the six divers who drowned during a search and rescue operation to locate a 17-year-old boy who was reported missing at a mining pool in Taman Putra Perdana, Puchong, yesterday.
The divers have been identified as Mohd Fatah Hashim, 34, Izatul Akma Wan Ibrahim, 32, Mazlan Omarbaki, 25, Yahya Ali, 24, Adnan Othman, 33, and Muhammad Hifdzul Malik Shaari, 25.
Mohd Fatah, Izatul Akma, Mazlan and Yahya were from Klang station while Adnan and Muhammad Hifdzu were from Shah Alam station.