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Julia was on her way to school one fine Wednesday afternoon. She waited for the
lift to come as usual and politely greeted all the neighbours she met along the
way. That fateful day, she met old Mr. Wang in the lift. He was a busy old man,
always going places at different times of the day. That day, he told Julia that
he was on his way to see his grandson, who lived two blocks away. The lift was
on his way down when Mr. Wang began to have difficulty breathing. He
heaved and sighed heavily. His hand was
clutching at his heart. Julia was horrified
when she realised that he was having a heart attack. She had learnt first aid in
school but no amount of lessons prepared her for reality. Julia firmly grabbed
onto Mr. Wang to prevent him from falling to the ground. Luckily, anohter
neighbour, Miss Rahim, who was also in the lift helped Mr. Wang to steady
himself.
It wasn't a moment too soon that the lift reached the ground floor, Julia
rushed desperately to the public telephone and dialled the emergency number for
the ambulance. Mr. Wang was sitting with Miss Rahim on the stone seats at the
void deck of the block. Julia could see that he was weak. She waited for the
ambulance to arrive before going to school. |
