Brendan Gormley

Amazing true story of fortitude and bravery.... It's amazing what a human being is capable of when confronted with danger.. Hope he recovers soon ....

Trapped teenager Ramlan, 18, hacked off his leg to escape a construction site which collapsed on him in the Indonesian earthquake.

Fearing aftershocks the teenager decided his only way to escape was to cut off his leg and he grabbed a hoe. He hacked at the limb but the instrument was too blunt to cut through to the bone.

His colleagues had all fled but he used his undamaged mobile to phone one, Eman, who returned to help.
Eman, 53, handed him a trowel which he tried to use to hack at the bone. When he could not get through it Eman found him a wood saw.

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The BBC came under mounting pressure today to screen an emergency appeal for Gaza, after ITV, Channel 4 and Five all announced they will show it.

Thousands of protesters joined a demonstration in London, while a string of politicians, including senior Government ministers, urged the BBC to reconsider its decision not to broadcast the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal.