Fuelled by desire to be independent

We got this: Sapiee pumping a car tyre at the petrol station in Jalan Sulaiman, Muar, as Abdul Hamid looks on.

MUAR: He used to assist rescue services as a member of the Muar Civil Defence Force before losing his left arm to soft tissue cancer, a battle so exhaustive that for a while, Sapiee Md Ali felt he had no more fight left in him.

The 36-year-old, however, adopted a positive outlook on life and slowly clawed his way out from years of darkness.