Published 07:05 IST, November 16th 2019
Philippines: Heroic brother saves sister from the jaws of death, fights crocodile
Heroic brother saves sister from the jaws of death, fights a crocodile who was trying to pull her underwater. Sister sustains deep cuts in the calf but stable.
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A young girl was immediately rushed to the hospital in an ambulance after being saved by her brother, reportedly sustained deep cute on her right calf from the crocodile's jaws, but her condition according to reports, appears to be stable now. The teenage boy whose quick thinking and even quicker action saved the life of his sister is now being hailed as a hero. The incident is said to have occurred in the Palawan district of southern Philippines on November 15.
Heroic actions
15-year-old Hashim was crossing the river with his 12-year old sister Haina when a 14-ft long crocodile caught hold of little Haina's right leg and tried to pull her off the bridge and underwater. Hashim who had already crossed the bridge by the time of the attack jumped to his sister's rescue. The brave teenager hurled rocks at the crocodile and managed to pull his sister out of the monster's grips.
The local media reported that while the girl sustained deep cuts in her right calf, she was in stable condition after being taken to the nearest hospital in Balabac. The authorities are still on the lookout for the 14-ft look crocodile and have also issued a warning to residents to be wary while crossing rivers or bridges.
Constant Threat
This is not the first instance of a crocodile attack, in January of this year, a man had allegedly sunk his teeth into a crocodile that had attacked his daughter. Luckily both the man and his daughter survived the attack.
The Philippine Crocodile is considered to be the most severely threatened crocodile species in the world. Although this species was once found over the whole of the Philippines, it is now critically endangered. In addition, very little is known about the natural history or ecology of the species.
Now Tess Gatan Balbas, Chief Operating Officer at Mabuwaya Foundation, talks to @SynchEarth 10th anniversary on how community attitudes to Philippines Crocodiles have completely changed in the last 15 years. Now these extremely rare animals are being protected, rather than killed pic.twitter.com/kxbXecJUit
— Simon Stuart (@simonstuartSE) November 14, 2019
04:57 IST, November 16th 2019