Saudi students here say they will miss the late Crown Prince Sultan because he was a man of great humanity and generosity. Dr. Musab Sa'ad Ahmad Al-Saeed said it was Prince Sultan who offered his help when his brother Muhammad, a medical student, was paralyzed in a car accident on his way to Cairo University in 2007. “We were shocked and depressed at the huge amount of money required to treat my paralyzed brother, so we sent a cable to the late Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz in which we explained our suffering. We received a phone call from the Prince's office secretary Muhammad Salem Al-Marri, who told us the Crown Prince would bear the cost of my brother's treatment.” “I was so happy when I headed for the hospital with my family and we prayed for the Crown Prince. However, at the hospital we were told that it was necessary for my brother to be treated in Germany.” Al-Saeed said that the family had to again ask the Crown Prince for assistance. “For the second time we received a phone call telling us that all arrangements had been made to transfer my brother to Germany at the Crown Prince's expense. He was treated for almost five years until he recovered.” “My heart is broken at his death and this feeling is shared by many citizens,” he said. A large number of Saudi students on scholarships in Cairo agreed that the deceased was a “unique model of mindfulness and honesty”. “He played a huge role in opening new doors for Saudi students so that they could study in different countries and return to contribute to their home country's development,” said Ahmad Al-Shehri, head of the Saudi Student's Club in Cairo. Talal Al-Rasheed, a medical student, said the Crown Prince helped all Saudi students, whether they were studying at the expense of the government or their own. Other students said that the Crown Prince's death was a huge loss for Saudis, Arabs and Muslims. “He will remain in our hearts because of his good deeds inside and outside Saudi Arabia,” they said.
