The quick action of an unknown Caucasian man saved the lives of nearly 200 people at Teluk Bahang beach in Pennag last Sunday. At the approach of the tsunami, the middle-aged man, believed to be a Briton, ran up and down the beach, shouting in English-accented Malay Keluar! Keluar! (Get out! Get out!). After warning the people in the water, the man ran to some youths who were sitting on the rocks by the sea and shouted Keluar! Keluar! again. "Except for a few people in the water, who ignored his warnings, we all ran up to the road, to safety," said Ahmad Hisham Omar. "That man saved a lot of lives". Hisham, a school teacher from Tanjong Malim in Perak, was at the beach with his family at 12.20pm. Describing their saviour. Hisham said the Caucasian man was aged between 50 and 60 "but looked very fit". "I hope to meet the man to thank him. He saved our lives"
An excerpt from an article taken from NST.
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