In a letter he had left for his mother in the event of his death, David said: "There is no question about the hereafter of men who give themselves in such a cause.
Gaboodfalkii gulufkii dooxatadii daraawiishta (Shabaabkii waagaas) nin gocanaya ayaa loo sheegay geerida ina-Cabdulle Xasan, markaas buu isagoo faraxsan yiri "Waatey Alleba kala go'een gooshigii hore'e -- sidee buu Aakhiro ugu galbaday doqonsanaa Gaalku!."