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How two paragliders from Singapore and Belgium saved a family during the Palu quake
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Belgian paraglider Francois de Neuville (left) with the young girl he and Singaporean paraglider Ng Kok Choong (right) rescued at Mercure Hotel in Palu, Indonesia.
PHOTOS: NG KOK CHOONG
Nur Asyiqin Mohamad Salleh
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JAKARTA - For two hours, Mr Ng Kok Choong crouched in the darkness of a half-collapsed hotel comforting an Indonesian woman trapped by a fallen concrete slab, as tall waves rushed past and screams filled the air.
The Singaporean was in Palu for a paragliding competition when a 7.4-magnitude tremor struck the capital of Central Sulawesi province in Indonesia on Friday.
