Swimming half a kilometer in the sea was no joke for any of the recruits, but Nora Gharib went very deep. She swallowed gallons of seawater and thought she was going to die. Ultimately, the rescuers had to intervene.
What was going through her mind at that moment? Images of her daughter Chams. She is the reason why Nora decided to leave the program on that first day. The thought that she, a single mother, might no longer be there for her daughter was all-consuming.
Not all viewers of ‘Special Forces’ understand her. “I knew before it started that she wouldn’t last long, but to give up on the first day…” they respond on social media.
“A lot of blah blah blah, until it got serious and then it was over quickly. She would have been better off staying at home. If you sign up for something like that, you know what to expect, so think twice,” it also sounds. “It’s very stupid that she takes part in that without a condition. You know something like that in advance…”
However, there are also many viewers who do have a lot of respect for her. “Chapeau, she tried, that’s more than some others,” they write. “That is not normal what they have to endure. Nora is absolutely right to stop.” “Well done.”
