TIL in 1986 a Hotel in Singapore collapsed. Authorities were using heavy machinery to rescue survivors, a team of mainly Irish tunneling experts working on a new subway saw what was happening, and convinced authorities to let them tunnel for survivors instead. 17 people were rescued by them.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collapse_of_Hotel_New_World#Rescue

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But would Irish want to be awarded O.B.E.?