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Thai twins praised for hotel blaze heroics
category: Tennis
16.05.2008 17:52
Thailand tennis twins Sonchat and Sanchai Ratiwatana have been hailed as heroes for helping guests escape a terrifying hotel blaze.
The brothers helped negotiate a smoke-filled corridor with wet towels wrapped around their faces as the flames raged at a hotel in Bordeaux where they were taking part in a second-tier Challenger event.
The twins helped the wife and son of Argentine doubles specialist Lucas Arnold Ker to escape.
"I told my brother to grab his passport and computer and get out," Sanchai said.
But the brothers then ignored their own safety to help Yannina Ker, and her five-year-old son Nacho, who were in danger.
"The Ratiwatanas put towels in water and gave one to me and one to my son to put over our nose and mouth," Yannina told www.atptennis.com.
The twins insisted they were not heroes.
"We were starting to gag on the smoke when she opened her door, which allowed us to get a fresh breath. I don't know how much further we could have made it," Sonchat said.
"It was a scary situation."
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