{"id":173555,"date":"2018-02-25T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-25T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/173555\/present-in-troubles-neglected-in-celebrations\/"},"modified":"2018-02-25T20:48:45","modified_gmt":"2018-02-25T18:48:45","slug":"present-in-troubles-neglected-in-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/opinion-edition\/2018\/02\/25\/present-in-troubles-neglected-in-celebrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Present in troubles, neglected in celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Driekie Smith, Sunnyrock writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I shared a story with the GCN that was published on Wednesday, January 31, \u2018Couple celebrates life and love\u2019, and I failed to mention a few other people who assisted us when the incident occurred on December 16, 2017.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>On the day of the celebration (January 20) some of them were not present due to other responsibilities and they were not in the photograph that was taken.<\/p>\n<p>I apologise for unintentionally not mentioning the names of everybody who assisted in the emergency.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>I thank Netcare paramedic Daine Koekemoer, Zunaid a resident of Sunnyrock, Paul Giovanni, a friend and also resident of Sunnyrock, as well as my brother-in-law Attie Smith and his wife Maggie.<\/p>\n<p>I do apologise for any misunderstanding in this regard.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/171639\/couple-celebrates-life-and-love\/\" target=\"_blank\">Print Exclusive: Couple celebrates life and love<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Have a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Contact the newsroom by emailing: Melissa Hart (Editor)<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a 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center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCblgxW6BRXTLGLQvpcumLqA\">YouTube\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Or add the GCN on<span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><strong>WhatsApp 079 406 1181<\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>or\u00a0<strong>BBM (BBM Pin: 7F102137)<\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span>today, to get all the latest news.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Catch-up on more local news with our sister newspapers<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bedfordviewedenvalenews.co.za\/\">Bedfordview Edenvale News<\/a><\/strong>,<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/\">Alberton Record<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/kemptonexpress.co.za\/\">Kempton 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