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AMBON, KOMPAS.com – Not all adults are able to operate the excavator properly. Because to operate this heavy equipment, everyone must have special skills.
However, a five-year-old boy from Hutimuri Village, South Leitimur District, Ambon City, named Theo Paays, was able to show his skills to operate this heavy equipment.
Theo even operated the heavy equipment to normalize the river flow which was blocked by the debris of the bridge which collapsed when the floods hit the village on Saturday night (3/10/2020).
Theo’s action was also continued on Sunday (4/10/2020) to again clean up some large stones and debris from the bridge that closed the clean water installation in the village.
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People asked to normalize the river
Theo’s grandfather, Anthony Paays said his grandson operated heavy equipment to normalize the river in the village at the request of local residents.
“During the flood last night there was an emergency bridge that broke here and the stones fell on top of the village’s clean water pipeline, because the stones were very large and people here couldn’t lift them so they came to the house asking for help with lifting,” said Anthony to Kompas. .com via cell phone, Sunday night.
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Anthony said that before residents came to his house this morning, Theo, who was considered his youngest son, had operated an excavator to unload the rubble of the bridge that blocked the river.
Theo was forced to operate the equipment because the debris of the bridge blocking the river flow made the floods even more overflow.
“That river, called the Waitukang River, happens to be in front of the house. So last night during the flood, the emergency bridge had fallen into a rock and blocked the flow of water, so the water evaporated, then he (Theo) unloaded with an excavator last night and then swept away some of the bridge debris, “he said.
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Theo’s action helps residents
The residents also asked for heavy equipment because many large stones were pressing on the clean water pipes that the residents could not lift.
According to Anthony, when the residents visited him, it happened that his family was holding a banquet service at home.
“So I don’t know at all. Theo went into the house and took the key and immediately took the excavator to the river, incidentally the residents asked for help,” he said.
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He admitted that after taking the excavator to the river, his grandson immediately cleaned the large stones that were blocking the flow of the river and other stones that were blocking the clean water pipes.
Anthony admitted that when operating the heavy equipment Theo was only alone on the excavator and the other residents only gave signals from the river and a distance.
“So he is very agile in operating the excavator, he also always carries a tractor,” he said.
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Not taught to operate the excavator
Theo himself is currently not in school because he is only five years old. The plan is for Theo to enter elementary school next year when he turns 6 years old.
Anthony admitted that he had never taught him the advantages his grandson had in operating the excavator.
According to Anthony, his grandson is very agile in operating the excavator because he always sees the operator operating the heavy equipment.
“So I never taught him at all, maybe because I often see operators carrying tractors and excavators so that filling appears in my opinion,” he said.
Until the battery is removed
Anthony admitted that there were four heavy equipment in the form of two excavators and two tractors, which were not far from his yard.
The four heavy equipment itself has been used for the past year to work on the project of opening the cross-country road in the mountainous areas of South Leitimur District.
Because he was entrusted as project supervisor, the four heavy equipment were then entrusted and entrusted to Anthony.
“So because I am involved in this project as a supervisor, I am responsible for overseeing this heavy equipment,” he said.
Anthony admits that since the last year his grandson Theo has always seen operators operating these heavy equipment, making him accustomed to operating them.
“In fact, almost every day he always heated the engine. Moreover, he always carried the tractor here and there so I pulled the battery out,” said Anthony with a laugh.
He admitted that he was not worried about what Theo was doing, because his grandson was very familiar with the technique of operating the heavy equipment.
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