Foreign worker Shammugun has been hailed as a hero. - The Straits Times/ANN/JONA PANG
SINGAPORE: The foreign worker whose heroic act saved a three-year-old girl's life has been identified as 'Shammugun'.
Reader Jona Pang told Singapore's The Straits Times that she managed to chat and take pictures with the worker, whom she said "deserves more recognition for what he did for saving a life".
Shammugun has been hailed as a hero after he climbed to the second floor of Housing Board Block 371 Jurong East Street 32 to save a toddler whose head was stuck between the rails of an external clothes-drying rack outside the service yard.
The worker, who was repairing the roads nearby when the incident happened on Thursday afternoon, climbed onto the ledge and carried the crying toddler up. His colleague climbed up afterwards to help him.
A video showing him saving her has been circulating online, with Shammugun being called a hero for his quick response. - The Straits Times/ANN
