Maryland Couple On ‘Lifelong Dream Trip’ Among Hundreds Who Died During Extreme Heat On Religious Pilgrimage To Mecca

Maryland Couple On ‘Lifelong Dream Trip’ Among Hundreds Who Died During Extreme Heat On Religious Pilgrimage To Mecca

Essence Magazine:

By Melissa Noel ·Updated June 25, 2024

A couple from Maryland died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca in  Saudi Arabia amid extreme heat. The deaths of Isatu Tejan Wurie, 65, and Alieu Dausy Wurie, 71 were confirmed by their daughter, Saida Wurie, in an interview

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