Two foreign workers - Subramaniam Shanmuganathan and Ponnan
Muthukumar were commended by the SCDF on Friday for their public
spiritedness.
The duo received the SCDF Public Spiritedness Awards on Friday
for climbing onto a balcony to rescue a toddler.
Speaking to the media at the SCDF headquarters, the two said
they were not expecting any reward, and were just happy to be able
to save a life.
A video of them saving a baby in Singapore surfaced on local
website Alvinology Friday.
In the video taken Thursday, a bawling toddler has its head
stuck between the rails of a balcony window, with its body hanging
off the ledge.
The foreign worker then came into scene in the video and climbed
up the wall to the ledge and got to the baby.
As the baby’s head was stuck, he lifted the baby so that the
weight on its head was lessened. A second foreign worker then
climbed up the ledge as well to help.
Lifestyle blogger Alvin Lim, editor of the website, said the
video was taken by a friend at the scene and he asked for help in
identifying this life-saving foreign worker.
According to the blogger, witnesses say that a woman was the
first to notice the baby and was the one who asked for help. It
appeared that no one was home at that time.
The incident occurred on 23 April afternoon at Jurong East Ave
1, and initially, two other men tried to climb up the ledge but
were not strong enough.
The commotion went on until the foreign worker appeared.
According to witnesses, he was one of three foreign workers working
on road repairs nearby, said Lim.
He added that the (SCDF) arrived on scene five minutes later and
managed to free the baby.
-- Yahoo! SG