Khaer earns a paltry $74 each month for this grueling, dangerous job. Not only physically challenging, his work is
emotionally difficult, as well. According to Khaer, “My most difficult dive was in eastern after a ferry capsized with a wedding party on board. I found the
bride and groom both dressed in their wedding clothes. It was a very painful moment.”
Khaer obviously deserves a nod as Divester’s Hero of the Week. [Ironically, via Dive
Happy]
Abul Khaer is widely commended as Bangladesh’s most skilled firefighter and diver. He also has among the most difficult jobs in the world: he
recovers the bodies of people injured or killed during ferry crashes. But how much of a problem is this? Considering
thousands of ferries ply Bangladesh’s network of 230
rivers each day, providing transport for more than 100,000 people, it should come as no surprise that Khaer is a busy,
busy man. In February, for example, a ferry
sank near Dhaka: Khaer dived more than a dozen times in one hour, pulling out 47 bodies from the sunken ferry.
Moreover, in three dives alone, he recovered 24 corpses by tying them with ropes and pulling them carefully to the
surface. His is frightening, nightmare-inducing work.
Abul Khaer -- A Diver With A Job Few Others Would Want
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