Poging GOUD - Vrij
Coconut picker blacks out atop tree, friend’s heroics come to rescue
The New Indian Express Kannur
|October 04, 2025
2 - HOUR ORDEAL
"MY friend was in danger and I needed to do everything I could to save him.
After all, it was the life of M Sasi's buddy of over 30 years that was on the line. In an act of 'high' bravery, he held on to P Babu, who blacked out atop a 70-feet-tall coconut tree that he intended to harvest. And, all this while Babu hung upside down for over two hours - till help arrived.
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