When a thick blanket of smoke had completely engulfed the Ruby Pride Luxury Hotel in Secunderabad on Monday night, at least six youngsters and two police personnel entered the hotel from different sides to rescue guests trapped inside.
No one had instructed or urged them to throw themselves into a life-threatening situation; the Good Samaritans took it upon themselves to save lives. And they went to all possible lengths to do so — a group scaled a wall on the right side of the hotel, broke open windows when plumes of smoke were billowing while another group did the same from the rear side of the building. A third group, including a police constable, climbed up to the hotel’s rooftop from adjacent buildings and took the stairs to reach those trapped inside.
The bravehearts said they were almost blinded by the smoke and had to break open windows to let it out. After around two hours of being involved in the rescue operation, their faces, hands and clothes were covered with patches of soot.
