Teenager hacks off his leg to escape rubble..
Amazing true story of fortitude and bravery.... It's amazing what a human being is capable of when confronted with danger.. Hope he recovers soon ....
Trapped teenager Ramlan, 18, hacked off his leg to escape a construction site which collapsed on him in the Indonesian earthquake.
Fearing aftershocks the teenager decided his only way to escape was to cut off his leg and he grabbed a hoe. He hacked at the limb but the instrument was too blunt to cut through to the bone.
His colleagues had all fled but he used his undamaged mobile to phone one, Eman, who returned to help.
Eman, 53, handed him a trowel which he tried to use to hack at the bone. When he could not get through it Eman found him a wood saw.
Ramlan continued until the pain became too much. His friend, who lived in the same street and called him Adik, meaning little brother, finished the amputation.
Eman wrapped his t-shirt around the wound and carried his friend to Yos Sudarso Catholic hospital where doctors cleaned his wound and made a more surgically skilled amputation slightly further up.
His story was revealed by the charity Caritas, an international partner of British charity Cafod, a member of the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC).
Eman told Caritas worker Tim O'Connor: ' I just thought I have to save my friend and I raced back up to where he was. I did not think of the danger, just the welfare of my friend.'
DEC chief executive Brendan Gormley said: 'Ramlan's actions were extraordinary and the courage and determination he showed is typical of many survivors with whom we are working.
Daily Mail
He's so brave..,.
" Winners are just ordinary person with extraordinary determination "
Have to agree with sandeepkadian - I wouldnt be able to do it. It's quite sad that he had to resort to that but again, its beautiful that he wasn't going to take chances-he wanted to live.
--------Do I look like Bambi's sister???-------
I know I won't do it. I am an optimistic fool and would keep hoping I will get rescued.
When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity. - Albert Einstein
Put yourself in a similar situation..
would you be able to do the same ?
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--------Do I look like Bambi's sister???-------
When I read this, I really felt the strive to be alive in real situations like this. We,humans are resilient in true life!
Bravery and presence of mind...still I dunno how he did it...am getting Goose bumps..