(Above): Interior Minister Taina Bofferding and Ahmed Alabdulmohsen; (Below): Armand Trausch;
Credit: MINT
On Thursday 28 January 2021, Luxembourg's Minister of the Interior, Taina Bofferding, decorated, on behalf of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke, Ahmed Alabdulmohsen and Armand Trausch with the Medal of Honour for acts of courage and dedication.
This medal was created in 2020 and rewards anyone who comes to the aid of one or more people in danger of death. These are the first two such medals to be awarded to people having saved human lives. Until then, such individuals were awarded a medal from the Order of Merit. However, this specific honorary distinction has been introduced to underline the merits of people who have not hesitated to put themselves in danger to save others.
During Thursday's ceremony, Ahmed Alabdulmohsen was decorated with the silver medal, a medal awarded to people who have saved a life or tried to save a life by showing courage and self-sacrifice. In June 2019, Mr Alabdulmohsen came to the rescue of a 17-year-old man who had become unwell in the water at Lake Haute-Sûre. The victim was subsequently taken care of and taken to hospital, but without the intervention of Ahmed Alabdulmohsen he could have risked death by drowning.
Armand Trausch was decorated with the vermeil medal, a medal awarded to people who have saved a life or tried to save a life by risking their own life, as well as to holders of the silver medal of honour for new facts deserving of reward. In December 2018, 79-year-old Grégoire Trausch fell into the water while cleaning the area around the Attert river in Reichlange following the floods. Armand Trausch did not hesitate to help his father who had been swept away by high water and who was in danger of death.
