Just a month after two teenagers were rescued from a carpark ledge in Toa Payoh, another two women were involved in a late-night rescue operation at the same spot.<\/p>\n
Stomper Yuen <\/strong>alerted Stomp to the incident after her son looked out of the window at about 12.35am on Oct 1.<\/p>\n She said she had heard loud voices outside before her son noticed the commotion.<\/p>\n \u201cI suppose it was the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) giving instructions,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n A photo shared with Stomp shows a person sitting at a height<\/a>, with SCDF personnel and a safety life air pack below.<\/p>\n Yuen said her children happened to still be awake when the incident unfolded.<\/p>\n \u201cSomehow my son and daughter couldn\u2019t sleep yesterday, so when it happened, we were still awake,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cMy son said he couldn\u2019t believe that he was seeing it live, because usually he sees this kind of thing through the news.\u201d<\/p>\n Yuen brought her children to bed at about 1am and did not watch the entire rescue operation.<\/p>\n When she checked again later, the operation was still underway.<\/p>\n \u201cAt 1.50am, I saw the net down and firemen climbing on the net already,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Police told Stomp they received a call for assistance at Block 130 Lorong 1 Toa Payoh Crest at about 11.55pm on Sept 30.<\/p>\n Two women, aged 18 and 25, were taken conscious to hospital and subsequently apprehended under Section 7(1) of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Act 2008<\/a>.<\/p>\n SCDF said it received a call for assistance at about the same time.<\/p>\n A safety life air pack was deployed as a precautionary measure.<\/p>\n SCDF also deployed nets, while rescuers from its Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (DART) rappelled from the level above to rescue a person.<\/p>\n The incident came about a month after two teenage girls were rescued<\/a> after sitting on a seventh-storey carpark ledge at the same location for hours.<\/p>\n \u201cJust can\u2019t believe it\u2019s at the same spot,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cKudos to the SCDF.\u201d<\/p>\n Have something to say? Join in!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Explore more on these topics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n See something interesting? Contribute<\/a> your story to us.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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