Italian citizenship promised for 'hero' boy who saved 51 lives with SOS call

Thirteen-year old Ramy Shehata hid his phone from the hijacker of an Italian school bus, allowing him to call police for help.

Ramy Shehata (C), a middle school student who made an emergency call to the Carabinieri police from a bus with 51 schoolchildren. Source: AAP

Italy's government has promised to award citizenship to an Egyptian boy who saved 51 lives with his SOS phone call to police. 

Thirteen-year old Ramy Shehata is being praised as a hero for saving everyone on board an Italian school bus that was hijacked near Milan then set on fire.

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