Lieutenant Rahul Dalal, a navigating officer in INS Sutlej, saved a life by rescuing a drowning man at Kerala's Vypin beach on Friday, 5 April.
According to the post uploaded by the Facebook page of Indian Navy, at around 4:10bpm, the officer witnessed the a man struggling in water. The crowd nearby could not help the man who was later identified as Dileep Kumar from Aurangabad. However, Lt Dalal risked his own life and went to rescue Kumar.
Once on the shore, the naval officer helped revive Kumar through Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). Kumar was later taken to a government hospital and discharged after he had recuperated.
The officer’s efforts earned him praise from netizens. People, on both Twitter and Facebook, hailed Lt Dalal for the rescue.
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