Brigadier Vimla Moodley received an award from the Turkish president for her rescue efforts after the deadly earthquake in February.
South African police and K9 Unit member Brigadier Vimla Moodley received an award from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for her rescue efforts during the earthquake.
Turkish ambassador to South Africa Aysegul Kandas said President Recep Tayyip Erdogan awarded all team leaders who took part in the rescue efforts. Brigadier Vimla Moodley, from the Eastern Cape, headed a K9 Unit team during rescue efforts in Turkey, along with aid organisation Gift of the Givers, which resulted in the after a building collapsed during the earthquake.
Moodley said she was emotional about the deaths and devastation caused by the earthquake that claimed more than 50 000 lives.
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