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PARIS: Thailand tennis twins Sonchat and Sanchai
Ratiwatana have been hailed as heroes for helping guests escape a
terrifying hotel blaze.
The brothers helped negotiate a
smoke-filled corridor with wet towels wrapped around their faces as
the flames raged at a hotel in Bordeaux where they were taking part
in a second-tier Challenger event.
The twins helped the wife and son
of Argentine doubles specialist Lucas Arnold Ker to escape.
“I told my brother to grab his
passport and computer and get out,” Sanchai said.
But the brothers then ignored
their own safety to help Yannina Ker, and her 5-year-old son Nacho,
who were in danger.
“The Ratiwatanas put towels in
water and gave one to me and one to my son to put over our nose and
mouth,” Yannina told www.atptennis.com.
The twins insisted they were not
heroes.
“We were starting to gag on the
smoke when she opened her door, which allowed us to get a fresh
breath. I don’t know how much further we could have made it,”
Sonchat said. “It was a scary situation.”
--AFP
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