SINGAPORE - When Mr George Lee Song Choo was seven or eight years old, he witnessed a child around his own age drowning in a pond near his home.
Mr Lee's life experiences partly inspired a three-minute short film titled A Lifesaver's Passion, which was launched on Friday as part of a series of four such films celebrating the Merdeka Generation of Singaporeans born in the 50s. Unlike his character, Mr Lee has been a lifeguard since his youth, he said at a media preview for the series, held at the Temasek Shophouse on Friday.
Now retired, he continues to volunteer as a lifeguard in his free time as he finds the role meaningful. Like the character she inspired, Ms D'Cotta obtained her bachelor's degree in special education in 2016, when she was in her 50s.
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