On 21 July 2025 at 13:18
BST (UTC+6), while she was at the school and classes were in session, an
F-7BGI fighter jet of the
Bangladesh Air Force crashed into the Milestone College's Haider Hall canteen. Chowdhury, though her body and clothes had caught fire, went back into a burning classroom repeatedly to rescue the students. She helped at least 20 children to get out from the building. While helping, 80-100% of her body got burned. She was admitted to the
National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, where she died of her injuries in the same day at around 19:30 BST. During the treatment, when asked by her husband Mansur Helal about her efforts, she replied: "they are also my children, they are burning. How can I leave them?" ==Recognition==