The captain jumped into the water from 12 meters to save a drowning woman

In Burma, the ship’s captain made a heroic act by jumping from her 12-metre boat for the sake of falling overboard women.

The incident occurred on February 18 in the port in the port Gave on the river Agan when the 60-year-old sailor From commander Myint Aye saw the woman in the water who had fallen overboard. The captain decided to turn his ship away from the edge of the berth, so as not to crush the woman. Then, without a second thought, he jumped into the water from the upper deck of a 12-metre ship, hurrying to the sinking Khin Chan Mya. Fully dressed, The commander Myint Aye pulled the woman out of the water together with local residents and other members of the crew.

After his rescue, shocked and frightened Khin Chan Mya was hospitalized. According to one of eyewitnesses of incident, 34-year-old woman slipped when the ship approached the port, and fell overboard.

Soon after the heroic feat, the captain was captured in the photo, standing in the same wet clothes together with his two assistants.

«At that time I was not thinking about any risks to my own life.» says At commander Myint Aye. «I jumped only because I wanted that the woman was safe. Now I’m old, it’s okay if I die: a young woman must live.»

A dedicated captain who has 40 years of experience on ferries, soon plans to retire. From commander Myint Aye says has lost count of the people he saved from the water.

«I am very proud of myself that I saved so many lives during my working life.» — says the captain.

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