KUALA LUMPUR: When volunteer Anita Lim Sim Wei left for the earthquake-hit city of Bam in Iran in December, many of her friends thought she was risking her life unnecessarily.
By the time her five-member Malaysian Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association (MVFRA) team took off from here four days after the quake struck on Dec 26, hopes of finding survivors were already remote.
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