Ramlan, an 18 years old who sawed off his own foot to survive the massive earthquake that devastated West Sumatra, is tired of relentless media exposure.
"Sorry, he doesn't want to be interviewed about the quake ,"said Nur, a nember of the Yos Sudarso Hospital staff on Sunday." He is tired of repeatedly telling the same story.
"He might not mind the picture-taking through."
Nur said that Ramlan had been interviewed in the hospital's makeshift emergency tent almost every day since the disaster by reporters and relief workers asking about his traumatic experience.
Ramlan, who was working at a construction site in Padang when the quake struck, hacked off his right foot using basic tools after being pinned by a concrete girder.
Fearing aftershocks, he decided his only way to escape was by cutting off the trapped appendage with a hoe and saw.
Ramlan's inspirational story has since traveled around the world, featuring in newspaper as far away in London and New York.
When visited on Sunday, Ramlan was still recovering in bed at the hospital's emergency tent. Tended to by a relative, he looks relax ed while reading a newspaper.
However, he just smiled and did not say a word. (Antara/The Jakarta Post)
"Sorry, he doesn't want to be interviewed about the quake ,"said Nur, a nember of the Yos Sudarso Hospital staff on Sunday." He is tired of repeatedly telling the same story.
"He might not mind the picture-taking through."
Nur said that Ramlan had been interviewed in the hospital's makeshift emergency tent almost every day since the disaster by reporters and relief workers asking about his traumatic experience.
Ramlan, who was working at a construction site in Padang when the quake struck, hacked off his right foot using basic tools after being pinned by a concrete girder.
Fearing aftershocks, he decided his only way to escape was by cutting off the trapped appendage with a hoe and saw.
Ramlan's inspirational story has since traveled around the world, featuring in newspaper as far away in London and New York.
When visited on Sunday, Ramlan was still recovering in bed at the hospital's emergency tent. Tended to by a relative, he looks relax ed while reading a newspaper.
However, he just smiled and did not say a word. (Antara/The Jakarta Post)
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment