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A drowning victim must be ideally reached in three or four minutes. Lifeguards cannot swim this fast in the open seas or in a lake. But the drone can race to the rescue!

As Jammu and Kashmir witnessed its first spate of heavy snowfall this season, check out these pics of the cops braving the freezing conditions to do their duty. #Respect

Upon receiving the call, Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) K Roja and the ambulance driver M Arun Kumar set out for the village. But the duo came upon a bridge that was submerged due to rainfall. Little did they envision such hurdles in the path of their duty.

Although the incident occurred on September 29, news about the lifesaving episode come to the fore only after the footage from the CCTV camera at the station began circulating.

Even though Gregor McGukin was caught in the midst of a violent storm himself, which resulted in him getting rolled over and losing his mast, he did not declare an emergency and kept steering towards Tomy.

The bus was making its way to the top of the hill when the driver lost control, following which the bus slipped and started hurtling towards a ravine.

"Believe me, I didn't know his place was that badly affected. Neither did he know anything about the Kodagu floods. We were both cut off at that time,"

For the last 22 years, this man who runs a humble bhurji-pav stall in Old Tofkhana, Shivajinagar, has saved suicidal people from drowning. Apart from this, he has helped fish out 600 bodies from the Mula-Mutha rivers due to suicides or accidental deaths.

The very first thing he did was to donate Rs 1 crore to the Kerala Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund, on behalf of Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

Even as the clearance operations are on and the state government begins its probe, it is essential to recognise the people in the vicinity who acted swiftly, carried out rescue missions in their capacity.