{"id":6945,"slug":"brothers-awarded-medals-for-selflessness","status":"publish","tags":[],"title":{"rendered":"BROTHERS AWARDED MEDALS FOR PERSONAL COURAGE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On September 27<sup>th<\/sup>, President of Mongolia Khaltmaagiin Battulga awarded Medals for Personal Courage (Shudarga Juram) to teenage brothers \u2013 Gurvansaikhan Batsukh and Galbadrakh Batsukh, who saved children from drowning back in July. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a heavy thunderstorm occurred in Yusunzuil soum, Uvurkhangai, on July 2<sup>nd<\/sup>, 2020, a herder\u2019s Ger (traditional dwelling) was on the brink of being washed away by flood. The siblings, Gurvansaikhan, 15, and Galbadrakh, 13, who had been staying at the herder\u2019s for summer holidays, managed to take steps to prevent the Ger from falling apart and safely moved two toddlers out of the Ger, saving them from drowning in the flood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Upon presenting the Medals for Personal Courage, the President remarked:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Today, the students of 1<sup>st<\/sup> General Education School of Arvaikheer, Uvurkhangai, are being awarded by Medals \u201cShudarga Juram\u201d in respect for their bravery and sincerity, for standing fearless against the life-threatening danger to rescue children&#8217;s lives. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/president.mn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/OTGO1147-1-2048x1365-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/president.mn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/OTGO1147-1-2048x1365-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/president.mn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/OTGO1147-1-2048x1365-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/president.mn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/OTGO1147-1-2048x1365-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/president.mn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/OTGO1147-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Gurvansaikhan B. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/president.mn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/viber_image_2020-09-27_13-29-19-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/president.mn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/viber_image_2020-09-27_13-29-19-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/president.mn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/viber_image_2020-09-27_13-29-19-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/president.mn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/viber_image_2020-09-27_13-29-19-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/president.mn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/viber_image_2020-09-27_13-29-19.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Galbadrakh B.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"date":"2020-09-27T14:12:03","excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On September 27th, President of Mongolia Khaltmaagiin Battulga awarded Medals for Personal Courage (Shudarga Juram) to teenage brothers \u2013 Gurvansaikhan Batsukh and Galbadrakh Batsukh, who saved children from drowning back in July. After a heavy thunderstorm occurred in Yusunzuil soum, Uvurkhangai, on July 2nd, 2020, a herder\u2019s Ger (traditional dwelling) was on the brink of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_image_alt":"OTGO1178","featured_image":"https:\/\/president.mn\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/OTGO1178-770x513.jpg","related_posts":[]}