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World Service,9 mins

I saved 34 lives when a garment factory collapsed

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Outlook Inspirations nominee Didar Hossain from Bangladesh saved thirty-four lives when a garment factory collapsed. He repeatedly climbed into the ruined building to free trapped workers, but had to save one girl by amputating her hand. Image: Didar Hossain with Anna Akhter, the woman he rescued. Photo credit: David Bergman

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