JUST IN: Nepal Flood Disaster: Teacher Hailed as Hero After Saving 1,643 Students
Nepal Floods: How One Teacher’s Split-Second Decision Saved 1,643 Children NUWAKOT, NEPAL — In the midst of one of Nepal’s most devastating flood disasters, a remarkable story of courage, leadership and quick thinking has emerged from a school in Nuwakot district. On the morning of August 26, Headmaster Rajendra Dawadi was preparing for what appeared to be an ordinary school day at Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School. Inside and around the three-storey school building were 1,643 students and members of staff. Then came the warning. Dawadi received an urgent call that a devastating flood was moving rapidly through the Trishuli Valley. With little time to assess the situation, he made a decision that would prove life-saving: evacuate the school immediately. He sounded the school bell and instructed teachers to get the children out of their classrooms. School buses were contacted and told to turn back, while students were directed toward higher ground. The evacuation was carried out...