Fisherman becomes hero after saving eight airmen from plane crash


Police officers checking on the wreckage while (inset) cockle farmer Abu Hassan died when his foot got caught in the mud after the accident.

KUALA SELANGOR: Two days ago, the tag “hero” would have been alien to Pasir Penambang fisherman Saari Mohd Nor.

But the word is now being used with reverence throughout the small fishing community here.

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