Rajendra Dawadi from Nepal is the principal being hailed as a hero right now.
Rajendra Dawadi from Nepal is the principal being hailed as a hero right now. * Who he is :* - 47-year-old English teacher and Principal of Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School in Nuwakot district, Trishuli Valley, Nepal * What happened last week (Aug 26-27 ):* - At 9:20 am, he got a call from a friend: "The village is gone, taken by the river. Run." - A glacier collapse in Himalayas triggered a massive flash flood that wiped out villages upstream in Rasuwa. - At that time 900+ of the school's 1,643 students were on campus in a 3-storey building 60m above the Trishuli River. - He rang the school bell, told teachers to stop classes and run to higher ground, and called school buses to turn back. - They had just 14 minutes. As the last bus crossed the bridge, the old bridge collapsed behind them. - All 1,643 children survived under a bodhi tree on the hill. The school building was completely swept away. He said: "I thought even if warning was wrong, worst cost was one d...