AADM’s News in “Pune Mirror Daily” on Date :15th Feb 2010.

PUNE’S SAVIOURS

When a bomb shattered the tranquil lanes of Koregaon Park, there were some who
came to the rescue of those injured in the blast. Here are the stories of these brave
women and men
VISHAKHA SHARMA/ PAYAL BANERJEE

While the bomb blast sent waves of panic and shock all across the city, there were a few
brave men and women who jumped in and saved the lives of those who were injured in the
blast that tore through German Bakery on Saturday. Pune Mirror brings to the fore the
unknown bravehearts in this time of crisis and saved the day for many – Puneite or not!

DISASTER MANAGEMENT STUDENTS

Among the many saviours, were volunteers of Aniruddha’s Academy of Disaster Management.
They rushed to Sassoon Hospital and helped the police with internal crowd management and
administration, to help them contact relatives of those injured and assisted nurses and staff in
shifting the patients to the general ward and ICU. The group also guided people who had to
go to the scanning, sonography and X ray departments. Jagdish Singh Patil, who headed the
group of 19 said, “We guided almost 45 people to the different wards. We also spoke to
patients and helped them contact their relatives and vice versa.”
Sapna Veera Sawant, was one of the nineteen members of this group, who assisted the
police, administration, nurses and staff of Sassoon Hospital in shifting the casualties from one
ward to another and controlling the chaos that ensued at the hospital after the blast occurred.
She stopped panicked relatives and friends of people from running into the hospital and
causing more confusion.
“There was this waiter at German Bakery called Paras from Nepal. We met him at Sassoon,
he was injured and bleeding. He told us that he saw a black bag under a table inside the
bakery. He went to inform the manager at the counter and started serving water. This was
when the explosion took place which prompted him to run out of the Bakery.”

Members of the Aniruddha’s Academy of Disaster Management