The Shiro Copr Abdul Rahman Agu, the savior of a child victim of the KM Barcelona ship fire VA
Rahman's figure has gone viral after a video of him saving a toddler spread.
The KM Barcelona VA ship caught fire in the waters of Talise, North Minahasa (Minut), North Sulawesi on Sunday (20/7/2025).
Abdul Rahman Agu also became a passenger on that ship.
Rahman received a flood of praise after fighting to save a young child while drifting in the open sea.
In the video she shared, with her courage and kind heart, she embraced a child.
At that time, the mother of the child was panicking because of the incident that occurred.
"Don't panic, little brother is here. I'll hold on," he said.
According to Tribun Manado's monitoring, Abdul Rahman Agu is a local content creator.
She often shares content on her Facebook account.
Abdul Rahman is apparently quite famous on social media, especially Facebook.
Monitored by Tribunnewsmaker, his Facebook account now has 161 thousand followers.
Her videos on the account often receive hundreds to thousands of comments.
In the note, he wrote that he is staying in Manado.
In addition, he wrote that he is from Tondano, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
List of 8 Ships from Manado Deployed to Evacuate Victims of KM Barcelona VA
Eight ships were deployed from Manado Port to assist in evacuating the victims of the KM Barcelona VA that caught fire in the waters of Gangga, Likupang, North Minahasa, Sunday (20/7/2025).
The Head of the Manado Class 3 Customs and Port Authority Office (KSOP), Colonel (Mar) Amrul Adriansyah stated that the eight ships consist of search and rescue ships, Bakamla, Lantamal V, and passenger ships.
"Total of eight ships from Manado. All are temporarily evacuating," said Amrul to Tribunmanado.co.id.
Searched, the ship deployed from Manado, Basarnas Bima Sena Ship; Bakamla Ship; Bakamla Ship, Gajah Laut; KN 333 from PLP.
In addition, the passenger ships, KM Barcelona III, KM Venetian; KM Venecian and two ships belonging to Lantamal VIII Manado.
KM Barcelona V carries hundreds of passengers from Talaud Islands to Manado.
This ship departed from Lirung on Sunday around 00:00 WITA.
KM Barcelona caught fire in the waters of Gangga Island and Talise Island, Likupang, North Minahasa, on Sunday afternoon.
Data and Chronology
Motor Ship (KM) Barcelona 5, route Manado - Talaud, North Sulawesi, caught fire, Sunday (20/7/2025) around 12:00 WITA
Some passengers were having lunch when the fire occurred.
The virus is suspected to have originated from one of the passenger cabins.
KM Barcelona 5 departed from Melonguane Port, Talaud Regency, heading to Manado Port early Sunday (20/7/2025).
The ship temporarily stopped at Lirung Port to pick up more passengers and continued its journey to Manado around 02:00 WITA.
When it caught fire, the ship was around the waters of Talise Island, Minahasa Utara Regency, North Sulawesi.
About 60 km away from Manado Port.
KM Barcelona 5 is reported to have carried about 280 passengers.
Among them is Christian M, the Head of Traffic Police of Kepulauan Talaud Regency, together with his wife and child.
As of this news being published, there are three dead victims.
Everyone was a patient who was supposed to be taken for treatment to Manado City.
Other passengers were safe. When the ship caught fire, the passengers still had time to put on life jackets. Then they jumped into the sea.
Tim evacuation then moved to the incident location to help save the victims.
Some others are helped by the local people around the waters.
The Sulut Provincial Government has prepared three checkpoints. Two locations in Minahasa Utara Regency, namely at Gangga Island and Likupang. One at Manado Port.
Sulut Governor Yulius Selvanus Komaling emphasized that the Sulut Provincial Government has deployed health facilities such as ambulances and hospitals at each evacuation post.
"Sulawesi Utara is in mourning over this incident," said YSK, who immediately went to the evacuation center for the victims of KM Barcelona 5. (Tribunnewsmaker/Tribun Medan)
This article was published on TribunNewsmaker.com with the title "Abdul Rahman's Profession, the Viral Man Who Saved a Child Victim of KM Barcelona, Turns Out to Be Famous on Social Media"
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