A Bangladeshi factory worker who became a symbol of hope when she was pulled from the rubble 17 days after a building collapse has been called a fraud by her co-workers.
Nineteen-year-old seamstress Reshma Begum’s feel-good story may be a hoax, Britain’s Sunday Mirror reports.
A survivor from the April 24 Rana Plaza collapse, which killed more than 1,100 people, claims he worked alongside Begum.
“We escaped together,” he told the paper. “We both walked away from the rubble. The next time I saw her was on TV 17 days later. They said it was a miracle — but it was a fake.” Full story...
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Nineteen-year-old seamstress Reshma Begum’s feel-good story may be a hoax, Britain’s Sunday Mirror reports.
A survivor from the April 24 Rana Plaza collapse, which killed more than 1,100 people, claims he worked alongside Begum.
“We escaped together,” he told the paper. “We both walked away from the rubble. The next time I saw her was on TV 17 days later. They said it was a miracle — but it was a fake.” Full story...
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