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‘We’re so happy we saved a life’: B.C. Sikh men honoured for turban rescue
Prior to the arrival of emergency services, these five young men … tied their turbans and jackets together to make a long rope and pulled the stranded young men to safety.
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The five young men, Gagandeep Singh, Gurpreet Singh, Arvindjeet Singh, Kulinder Singh and Ajay Kumar, were presented with Community Leader Awards in recognition of their bravery and heroic actions.
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When asked about the significance of removing their turbans to rescue the men, Singh said, in these matters, the religious significance becomes secondary.
“If it’s one person’s life, we can save it,” he said. “We can tie it again as many times as we want but that life, we can’t bring it back.”
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Prior to the arrival of emergency services, these five young men … tied their turbans and jackets together to make a long rope and pulled the stranded young men to safety.
[...]
The five young men, Gagandeep Singh, Gurpreet Singh, Arvindjeet Singh, Kulinder Singh and Ajay Kumar, were presented with Community Leader Awards in recognition of their bravery and heroic actions.
[...]
When asked about the significance of removing their turbans to rescue the men, Singh said, in these matters, the religious significance becomes secondary.
“If it’s one person’s life, we can save it,” he said. “We can tie it again as many times as we want but that life, we can’t bring it back.”
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