Singapore President Tharman meets migrant workers who saved driver of car that fell into sinkhole

President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and wife Jane Ittogi (centre) taking a group photo with the construction workers involved in the Tanjong Katong sinkhole rescue at the National Day Istana open house on Aug 3. - ST/ANN

SINGAPORE: The workers who saved a woman from a sinkhole on Tanjong Katong Road South said they were glad to have helped a family get their loved one home safely.

Speaking to the media at the Istana on Aug 3, construction site foreman Pitchai Udaiyappan Subbiah said that the successful rescue of a life was the most rewarding thing from incident.