To save a superhero

Traumatising: First responders to accident scenes often go without counselling
Traumatising: First responders to accident scenes often go without counselling

Have you ever stopped to think about the emotional trauma paramedics and fire-fighters suffer with each incident they attend to? To most, these people are superheroes who boldly and fearlessly walk into alarming situations. From personal experience, Mmegi Staff Writer, MOMPATI TLHANKANE finds that even the superheroes need help

Recently, my colleague and I were travelling from Molepolole to Gaborone where we had just covered a beMOBILE Premiership game in which Mochudi Centre Chiefs were crowned champions.

After crossing the Mmanoko Bridge, we stopped to pick up a hitchhiker.  The hiker was a woman and with the sun setting, we felt she would be vulnerable to criminals. A few cars passed as she quickly hurried across to our car.  

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