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A little more than 10 years ago, Karim Nasser rode to the rescue.
The retired University of Saskatchewan professor and Saskatoon developer took control of a project to build an office-condominium-hotel complex on the province’s hottest piece of real estate.
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Nasser, an immigrant from Lebanon, and his company Victory Majors Investments Corp., kept alive a deal with the city to build a mega-project on Parcel Y at River Landing minutes before the pact expired.
i like it. everybody! sometimes it s busy and sometimes it s slow. but no day was ever like this one. i was standing right here. it was in the morning. when i see the car was right here. the terrifying moment all captured on this surveillance tape. i don t have any time reaction, you know. next time i see i was in the street trying to wake up, you know, and i cannot move. his boss, john nasser, was doing paperwork when he heard the crash. i hear this big banging noise. i look straight into the cameras and all i see was ron, a car. an elderly man loses control of his car and ron is thrown
back 30 feet landing inches from oncoming traffic and just feet from a burning gas pump. from the video you can see how the car went through him. and threw him away, you know. i was right here. my leg was on the street and half of my body was on the grass. and i see the flames, a lot of friends over there. i try to stand up but i can t move. the gas pump is on fire. my first thought was, oh, my god, it s going to blow up. but nasser s brother-in-law runs to the rescue with three fire extinguishers while the pump s safety valve kicks in stopping the flow of gas. i rush to run to check on him because he was thrown to the street. i want to make sure no cars go by and hit him again just to check on him and the poor guy,