KOTA KINABALU: Kedah Civil Defence Force director Lt Kol Awang Askandar Ampuan Yaacub, who died while climbing Mount Everest on Friday, had always dreamt of becoming the first person from Sabah to reach the summit.
But his dream was cut short when he fell that fateful day. He was 55.
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