Firemen rescue girl stuck for 2 days on tree under Penang Bridge

 

The teenager had been trying to attract the attention of passing boats by waving and shouting, but no one noticed. (Bernama pic)

PETALING JAYA: Firemen rescued a teenage girl stuck for two days in a mangrove swamp under the Penang Bridge.

Bernama reported that the teenager had reportedly fallen off the Penang Bridge on Thursday and swam towards a building with a blue roof, before getting stuck on a mangrove tree in the muddy area near the Penang Port Sdn Bhd port.

For two days, the 17-year-old had been trying to attract the attention of passing boats by waving and shouting, but no one noticed.

Penang fire and rescue department senior operations commander Faris Izwan Ahmad Fadzilah said the girl’s desperate waving caught the eye of a port fire department worker and she was rescued at 9am today.

The teenager told her rescuers she was afraid of being reprimanded by her family.

Faris said the girl, who was weak and not seriously injured, was taken to Seberang Jaya Hospital for further treatment. Her motorcycle was found earlier on the bridge.

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