Philippines celebrates 'heroic' helper who survived Hong Kong fire


Philippine Senator Imee Marcos is seen in this handout photo visiting domestic helper Rhodora Alcaraz at a hospital in Hong Kong. -- PHOTO: IMEE MARCOS/FACEBOOK via The Straits Times/ANN

MANILA/HONG KONG, Dec 1 (Reuters) - A Filipino domestic helper has been hailed as a hero after emerging from a deadly Hong Kong tower fire with her employer's three-month-old baby and elderly mother.

Just a day after arriving in the city, Rhodora Alcaraz, 28, found herself trapped and alone with her new employer's loved ones in the family's smoke-filled Wang Fuk Court apartment before being rescued by firefighters just in time, according to accounts of her ordeal shared by her family and friends.

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