Overview

• The 11-year-old was rushed to the emergency department on June 23 after his temperature spiked overnight.
• Medical staff determined the fever was unrelated to his water-activity accident and discharged him later that day.
• His mother, Anna-Maria Ferchichi, shared a somber Instagram story of her son in the hospital bed with the caption “Here we go again.”
• The family received reports of attacks on Qatar and Iraq and learned that Dubai had closed its airspace just hours before the hospital visit.
• Older siblings Issa and Laila were among the children who panicked over the sudden security alerts in their region.