Rescued residents who locked themselves in fear and even carried an injured 80-year-old five floors before fire brigade or police got there
Rescued residents who locked themselves in fear and even carried an injured 80-year-old five floors before fire brigade or police got there
Emerging from the sea of fire brigade officials and police officers at Yusuf Manzil was a hero Swapnil Bhor, all of 21 years. Bhor was a couple of feet from the building, when he heard the explosion of the collapsing building.
Instead of staying by the sidelines and watching the drama unfold, Bhor ran up to the fifth floor of the building through the staircase of the adjacent building.
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By doing that, he rescued 10 people includingu00a0 the landlady, octogenarian Zubeida Khambhati. Unfortunately, Zubeida succumbed to her injuries later.
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"I wish I could have been there five minutes earlier, she could have been saved too," said Bhor emotionally.
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Shocked
Recalling the incident, Bhor said residents were so shocked at the collapse, that instead of going down to safe ground, they had locked themselves inside their apartments. "I banged on each door and asked people to come out.
Finally, there were around 10 people including children with me. I told them to go down to safety. The old lady could not walk so I carried her down in a chair.
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"I stopped at every floor catching my breath, as it was difficult to get her five floors down all by myself," he said.
'Great Job'
Meanwhile, the Mumbai police plan to felicitate Bhor for his bravery.
Mumbai Police DCP Zone 2, Sanjay Mohite said, "He did a great job. In fact, the old lady's son narrated his brave work to us. We are planning to felicitate him."
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