From upstairs window to lifeboat to safety — details of a Stanford rescue mission
‘We got out with our cat, and we are warm, dry and OK,’ says happy couple
25 September 2023 - 18:23
When the storm waters flooded through Stanford, a small riverside village in the Western Cape’s Overberg district, 13 people, three dogs and a cat sat huddled in an upstairs apartment where they waited more than five hours to be rescued. ..
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