21. A Daring Rescue

These pictures tell an amazing story even if you take them at first glance. A man in his shirt and underwear has dived headlong into water to save a woman's dog, and from the look of her face you know exactly how much it means to her. It's a kind and noble act, but there are little details to this tale which make it even more special.

First off, that man and woman have never met before. She's Sue Drummond, and she was out walking on Melbourne Pier when a gust of wind took her dog and blew him out into the bay. Raden Soemawinata - a total stranger - saw what was happening, stripped his clothes off, and jumped into the freezing water to save its life. And secondly? Raden was only there on the pier that day to scatter his grandmother's ashes. A man who was in mourning risked his life to save a stranger's dog.

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