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Bendemeer Road rescuers had ‘super strength’ http://ebx.sh/1HTOhst
By JUDITH TAN and SHAFFIQ ALKHATIB
Associate engineer Hung Tee Keong does not exercise.
He cannot even remember the last time he stepped into a gym.
The closest he comes to weight training is during the once-a-month grocery shopping he does with his wife. He carries the grocery bags.
Yet, last Wednesday, Mr Hung, 47, and 29 others worked together and helped lift a container truck enough to free a man who had been pinned underneath after an accident.
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“An empty container truck weighs between 5 tonnes (5,000kg) and 7.5 tonnes. Loaded, it can go up to 20,000kg,” Dr Wang Qinghai, a senior lecturer with the Department of Physics at the National University of Singapore’s Science Faculty, told The New Paper.
Dr Wang said if the truck was empty, each of the 30 rescuers would have lifted an average of 166kg each.
“That would be almost double a man’s weight,” the physics lecturer added.
President of the Singapore Weightlifting Federation Tom Liaw said a man who is not trained to lift weights would not be able to lift 160kg and sustain it for two seconds.
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South Korean man who was pinned under lorry along Boon Keng Rd escapes with fractured leg, thanks rescuers
South Korean man who was pinned under lorry along Boon Keng Rd thanks rescuers http://bit.ly/1MuktXr
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South Korean man who was pinned under lorry along Boon Keng Rd escapes with fractured leg, thanks rescuers
The man who was pinned under a lorry in an accident on Wednesday (July 22) is now in stable condition and wishes to thank his rescuers for saving his life.
He has been identified as Mr Kim Sung Mo, a 35-year-old man from South Korea, reports AsiaOne.
Mr Kim was rescued by about 30 passers-by who rushed to his aid when he was trapped under a lorry along Boon Keng Road on Wednesday morning.
A few men pulled Mr Kim out to safety while many others lifted the left side of the lorry. The offending truck driver was arrested after the accident.
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Man pinned under lorry escapes with fractured leg, thanks rescuers https://shar.es/1sk2JU
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The man who was pinned under a lorry in an accident on Wednesday (July 22) is now in stable condition and wishes to thank his rescuers for saving his life.
He has been identified as Mr Kim Sung Mo, a 35-year-old man from South Korea.
Mr Kim was rescued by about 30 passers-by who rushed to his aid when he was trapped under a lorry along Boon Keng Road on Wednesday morning.
A few men pulled Mr Kim out to safety while many others lifted the left side of the lorry.
The offending truck driver was arrested after the accident.
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Chinese evening daily Lianhe Wanbao visited Mr Kim in his ward at Tan Tock Seng Hospital and reported that his right leg was placed in a cast and his right arm was placed in a sling. He also had abrasions on his face.
Mr Kim recounted the accident to Lianhe Wanbao in English, saying that he was crossing the road when the lorry, which was making a left turn, suddenly crashed into him.
He said that he felt faint from the accident and was unable to personally thank those who saved his life.
– See more at: http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/man-pinned-under-lorry-escapes-fractured-leg-thanks-rescuers#sthash.FlJfraCd.5CeBtBxX.dpuf
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