Myanmar earthquake: Resilience of community inspiring, say members of SCDF's Operation Lionheart
Members of the Singapore Civil Defence Force contingent deployed to help in the Myanmar earthquake say they are inspired by the resilience of the community there. The 80-person SCDF Operation Lionheart team was sent there a day after disaster struck on Mar 28. Aslam Shah speaks with some of the officers involved in a lifesaving operation.
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