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KUCHING: A Form 6 girl and a petrol station worker are missing after being swept away by rushing waters in a storm drain at Jalan Rock around 7am today.
Image from file - FB
Image from file - FB
Witnesses said the student was on her way to school in rainy conditions, when she suddenly slipped and fell into the drain.
A fireman, who had stopped at the petrol station due to flooding around the city, was informed of the incident by the station’s cashier and entered the rushing waters in an attempt to save her.
He apparently managed to grab hold of her hair but was unable to hold on as the girl was quickly swept into the underground drainage system.
When the fireman climbed out of the drain he was informed that petrol station worker Herman Finas had earlier jumped in after the girl.
However, there was no sign of him.
Herman, 28, who is from Lundu, only started working at the petrol station recently.
His elder sister, who also works at the station, said she was not surprised her brother had risked his own life to rescue the girl.
He apparently does not know how to swim.
Read more: http://www.theborneopost.com/2012/01/05/two-missing-student-and-would-be-rescuer-swept-away-in-storm-drain-latest/#ixzz1iYrXoo80
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Post time 5-1-2012 04:09 PM
