Thank you: Gunasekaran and a screencap of the video of him helping the elderly man. The Straits Times/ANN
LAND survey assistant Gunasekaran Manikandan was working along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6 when he noticed an elderly man who appeared to be visually impaired waiting by the road for a long time to cross it.
“The uncle told me that he wanted to see the doctor so I walked him to the nearest polyclinic, ” said the 26-year-old Indian national from Sivagangai in Tamil Nadu.
To Gunasekaran’s surprise, his act of kindness on April 18 was captured by a witness and went viral on Facebook group Roads.sg. The video has since attracted over 280,000 views.
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An Indian national in Singapore has been lauded for helping a visually-impaired elderly man to cross the road and then walk him to a polyclinic.
Gunasekaran Manikandan, who is working here as a land survey assistant, was working along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6 when he noticed the elderly man who appeared to be visually impaired waiting by the road for a long time to cross it. The uncle told me that he wanted to see the doctor so I walked him to the nearest polyclinic, said the 26-year-old Gunasekaran, a resident of Sivagangai in Tamil Nadu.
To Gunasekaran s surprise, his act of kindness on April 18 was captured by a member of the public and went viral on Facebook. The video has since attracted over 280,000 views.
Indian Man Wins Netizens Heart For Helping Visually-Impaired Man In Singapore
To Gunasekaran s surprise, his act of kindness on April 18 was captured by a member of public and went viral on Facebook. AP Outlook Web Bureau 2021-05-08T16:19:59+05:30 Indian Man Wins Netizens Heart For Helping Visually-Impaired Man In Singapore outlookindia.com 2021-05-08T16:25:01+05:30
Gunasekaran Manikandan, an Indian national in Singapore has been lauded for helping a visually-impaired elderly man to cross the road and then walk him to a polyclinic.
Manikandan, who is working here as land survey assistant, was working along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6 when he noticed the elderly man who appeared to be visually impaired waiting by the road for a long time to cross it.
The Straits Times
Foreign worker hailed for helping visually impaired man cross road
Mr Gunasekaran Manikandan s act of kindness in helping an elderly man cross the road was captured by a member of the public in a video.PHOTOS: ROADS.SG/FACEBOOK, ST FILE
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