Meet the angels of Morbi bridge tragedy who saved more than 50 lives

On October 30, Vadodara, Gujarat celebrated Chatt puja, when the British-era bridge – Morbi bridge -with 500 men, women, and children collapsed taking down more than 140 lives.
These lives, mostly women and children, who had come to celebrate their loved ones were lost to a devastating tragedy.
In this chaos, a few men and women came as good samaritans and saved more than 50 lives by swimming to and fro each time and bringing people to safety.
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Naeem Sheikh swam, along with five of his friends to save lives. Speaking to the media, he said that one of his friends lost his life as he had drunk too much water while swimming back and fro to save lives.
“We (his friends) just had one thing in our mind – to save as many as possible,” said Naeem.