Published 18:59 IST, January 26th 2019

Proud To Be Indian: Sidhu Humanabade, a Swiggy delivery executive who put the safety of others before his own and saved 10 people from a fire tragedy

They say heroes are not born, they are made. This is the story of one such hero, Sidhu Humanbade, a delivery executive with Swiggy, who risked his life and jumped in to save patients stranded in a massive fire tragedy in Kamgar hospital, last month. 

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y say heroes are t born, y are me. This is story of one such hero, Sidhu Humanbe, a delivery executive with Swiggy, who risked his life and jumped in to save patients stranded in a massive fire trdy in Kamgar hospital, last month. 

As India celebrates 70th Republic Day at Rajpath, Republic TV hored  unsung heroes in a special brocast titled 'Proud to be Indian' and speaking to us Sidhu opened up about tragic incident. 'I received a pick-up from restaurant and was taking delivery to customer when incident took place. While crossing Kamgar hospital, I could see smoke coming from building, and could hear people screaming' he said.

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He furr ded that his first instinct was to jump in and help people in need. 'I used a rope in order to climb up and sent two-three people down through that. I helped everyone and n came out in end' he said. 

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Humanabe grew up in Airoli in Navi Mumbai and is a Class X gruate. He h moved in with his uncle at Andheri for his job as a delivery executive. As for food that he was out to deliver, was still found in his bag after incident.

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20-year-old Sidhu Humanabe eventually saved 10 lives.

17:24 IST, January 26th 2019