Migrant workers from Chennai awarded in Singapore for rescuing toddler
Flix Friday, April 24, 2015 - 05:30
Blogger Alvin Lim recently uploaded a video of a man saving a three-year-old girl hanging from the ledge of a building in Singapore.
The man in the video has been identified as Shanmuganathan, a migrant worker from Chennai, by The Straits Times.
In the video, reportedly taken by a friend of Lim's, Shanmuganathan is seen rescuing the baby girl whose head got stuck in between the rails.
According to the report by The Straits Times, Shanmuganathan was repairing the roads nearby the building when the incident took place. He rushed to the spot and helped the toddler climb up. He was later joined by his co-worker P Muthukumar, who also hails from Tamil Nadu, in the rescue effort.
The two men were given the Public Spiritedness Awards by the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) for their brave act.
Ponnan Muthukumar (second from left) and Subramaniam Shanmuganathan (third from left) received the SCDF Public... Posted by Alvin Lim on Friday, April 24, 2015
A report in Alvinology quotes Shanmuganathan, who is a father to an eight-month-old daughter, as saying, “My mind was just on saving the child.” Video of TZA-SB3NA94 Video of 2AatQ_Hhk8g
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