S’pore film student gets entangled in barbed wire while running from Arizona storm.
SOMEWHERE near Tucson, Arizona, in south-western US last month, Mr Muhamad Faiz Abdul Rahim stood anxiously with his coursemates and lecturer under the pitch-black sky and torrential rain.
In the midst of filming and taking pictures of the storm, the 19-year-old heard his team leader shout out suddenly: “Storm coming!”
A frightened Mr Muhamad Faiz quickly grabbed his equipment and ran as fast as he could to safety.
But in his haste, he tripped and found himself tangled up in a barbed wire fence.
“Honestly, I thought I was going to be stuck there and get struck by lightning,” said the second-year student at Singapore Polytechnic, who is taking a Diploma in Visual Effects and Motion Graphics(DVEMG).
Fortunately, Mr Muhamad Faiz was not alone.
His coursemates helped untangle him from the barbed wire. Although slightly injured in the chest, he survived the thrills andchills of the thunderstorm.
Mr Muhamad Faiz, who aspires to make documentaries, and seven other fellow second-year students from SP’s School of Digital Media and Infocomm Technology (DMIT) left for the US for a six-day storm-chasing trip on Aug 13.
They were accompanied by their lecturer, Mr Lynus Hee, 33, who has taught for 2 1/2 years at the school.
The trip, which cost $5,200 a student, was partly subsidised by SP, which paid $2,000 a student.
Mr Hee said the trip was offered only to DVEMG studentsona “first-come-first-serve basis”.
But in his haste, he tripped and found himself tangled up in a barbed wire fence.
“Honestly, I thought I was going to be stuck there and get struck by lightning,” said the second-year student at Singapore Polytechnic, who is taking a Diploma in Visual Effects and Motion Graphics(DVEMG).
Fortunately, Mr Muhamad Faiz was not alone.
His coursemates helped untangle him from the barbed wire. Although slightly injured in the chest, he survived the thrills andchills of the thunderstorm.
Mr Muhamad Faiz, who aspires to make documentaries, and seven other fellow second-year students from SP’s School of Digital Media and Infocomm Technology (DMIT) left for the US for a six-day storm-chasing trip on Aug 13.
They were accompanied by their lecturer, Mr Lynus Hee, 33, who has taught for 2 1/2 years at the school.
The trip, which cost $5,200 a student, was partly subsidised by SP, which paid $2,000 a student.
Mr Hee said the trip was offered only to DVEMG studentsona “first-come-first-serve basis”.
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