A group of men in Gwangju, South Korea, battled the powerful water current for 20 minutes before pulling a man out of a manhole on a flooded street. - PHOTOS: SCREENGRABS FROM X via The Straits Times/ANN
SEOUL (The Korea Herald/ANN): When Choi Seung-il, 54, and his employees at a local auto repair shop in Gwangju, South Korea, spotted an elderly man trapped in a powerful current on a flooded street, they did not hesitate to wade into the torrent to rescue him.
According to the local media reports and video footage of the scene, the group battled the rushing water for 20 minutes before managing to pull the man out of a manhole where he had become stuck.
