17-yr-old gives HSC exam after bike crushes his leg

On Monday thousands of nervous students frowned over dogeared textbooks minutes prior to the state boardrsquos Physics exam For Hassaan Shakeel Ansari a 17yearold Higher Secondary Certificate HSC student there was a bigger test to pass After all dictating answers you cannot write yourself because of a raw pain shooting up from a broken leg doesnrsquot make for the best circumstance to work out derivations or calculate force equations But he did it through sheer force of will Hassaan Shakeel Ansari 17 gives his physics paper with the aid of a writer Emaad Ansari on Monday PicPradeep Dhivar Hassaan had been operated the day before on his right thigh which had cracked under the weight of a speeding bike two days ago He had been on his way home to Agripada on Saturday afternoon after giving his English exam when his bike was sent lurching by another biker coming from the wrong side The bike ran over his thigh smashing his bone Hassaan Shakeel Ansari 17 gives his physics paper with the aid of a writer Emaad Ansari on Monday PicPradeep Dhivar Passersby informed his father Dr Shakeel Ansari Hassaan was rushed to Saifee Hospital where in the early hours of Sunday he underwent a surgery for an internal fracture on his right femur thigh bone Dr Shakir Kapadia of Saifee Hospital implanted a titanium rod in his thigh lsquoI am readyrsquo The very next day Hassaan showed up at the exam centre AnjumanIIslamrsquos Saif Tyabji Girlsrsquo High School and Junior College of Arts amp Science at Mumbai Central in an ambulance He had asked to be discharged from the hospital just so he could appear for his Physics paper His father Dr Ansari said ldquoWhen I reached the accident spot I saw Hassaan lying injured The first words out of his mouth were lsquoI will give my exam on Monday anyhowrsquo He was so determined I am amazed he is here at the exam centre todayrdquo Hassaan was assigned a separate room and a writer for the paper ldquoMy leg was throbbing while I was sitting and dictating answers to my writer But I managed to sit longer as my father had brought in bedding for merdquo A makeshift bed had been devised for him with a mattress and bedcovers spread on two juxtaposed desks Did he feel confident ldquoI am fine and would like to give all my exams I have been preparing from the beginning of the year so I am readyrdquo he said His father said ldquoSoon after the mishap we informed his school Saboo Siddik Polytechnic College and they suggested that we inform the Mumbai division of the state board and get a writer for him to help him give the examrdquo Hassaan a secondyear junior college student wishes to pursue mechanical engineering and has worked hard this academic year to pursue his passion He had scored 76 per cent in his ICSE board exam earlier when he was at St Peterrsquos School at Mazgaon Perhaps he learned how to keep his chin up from his father who thinks that despite everything luck has favoured his child ldquoHassaan is very lucky that he met with an accident which was not major was operated almost immediately and was able to appear for his exam on Monday He will give his next paper mathematics after six daysrdquou00a0Najma Kazi principal of Hassaanrsquos exam centre said ldquoThe college incharge from Saboo Siddik Polytechnic accompanied the student His father had obtained a letter from the state board allowing him to use a writer But he cannot be given extra time We provided him a separate roomrdquo The principal added ldquoBut the boy drew some diagrams with his own handrdquou00a0