Dobrica Petri\u0107 and his 19 colleagues were on the scene when the canopy at the Novi Sad Railway Station collapsed exactly one year ago. Together with 80 members of the Emergency Situations Sector, they spent more than eight hours going under the ruins in an effort to help the injured and rescue people trapped beneath the collapsed structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our interlocutor recalled everything that happened that day in Novi Sad. He thought the day would be like any other. Then, in a group chat of the Organization, he saw the news about the collapse of the canopy. The first thing he thought was \u2014 he had to help people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe call of duty we do activates the mind in the direction of thinking about how to immediately get to the scene, how to help people. After reading the news, I called the people from the organization since our headquarters are in Novi Sad. We immediately received an activation call in our group,\u201d he recalls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThree people under the canopy were showing signs of life\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As he says, the first member of the Organization arrived at the scene after 30 minutes. Soon, the others joined them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen we arrived at the site, we found other services already there \u2014 primarily members of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, firefighters, rescuers, their specialist teams. The Emergency Situations Sector was there, to which we directly report, and under their coordination, we acted. We were divided into three sectors and followed their instructions and guidelines,\u201d recalls our interlocutor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n