16 people get SCDF awards for lifting trailer truck to free man pinned underneath
SINGAPORE - Sixteen people who helped a South Korean man trapped under a truck were given awards for their public spiritedness by the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) on Sunday.
They were among a group of well-meaning passers-by who had helped Mr Kim Seong Mo, 35, who was pinned underneath the trailer truck after an accident along Boon Keng Road on Wednesday.
Mr Kim suffered a fractured right leg and is now recovering at Tan Tock Seng hospital.
A 90-second video of the incident, which showed about 30 bystanders rushing to lift the truck to free him, went viral on social media.
On Sunday, Lieutenant Colonel Alan Chow, commander of 1st SCDF division, said the awards were a recognition of the public spiritedness of these individuals.
Software engineer Asif Iqbal, 33, was among those who helped to lift the truck up.
He told The Straits Times: "This was an incident where everyone stopped worrying about work stresses and concerns, we put everything aside. We just wanted to help the man."
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