Driehoek: How, with whatever they could grab, hero dads saved trapped kids

The heroes of Hoërskool Driehoek.
That is the story Jannie du Plessis, journalist for the Vaalweekblad newspaper in Vanderbijlpark, wants to tell after last Friday’s tragedy.
He was the first reporter on the scene of a devastating walkway collapse that killed four children and injured 20.
Du Plessis took video footage of parents, residents and paramedics frantically trying to rescue children still trapped under the rubble...

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