Highland Towers: Retired photographer C.Y. Leow recalls his experience covering the tragedy


PETALING JAYA: It has been 20 years but retired photographer C.Y. Leow (pic) still remembers “the smell of death” after the Highland Towers collapsed.

“The tragic scene is vivid in my mind; rescue workers trying desperately to search for trapped victims, the faces of the distraught residents, the confusion, anxiety, pain and horror,” recalled the former The Star photo editor.

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