As thick smoke billowed out of a hotel in Delhi’s Malviya Nagar, panic spread through the building. Guests rushed to windows, shouting for help as flames and smoke closed in around them. Some leaned out desperately for air. Others looked down at the road below, weighing an impossible choice.

Across the street, Riyazuddin Mansuri and his son Armaan saw the chaos unfold.

The father-son duo run a small bedding shop opposite the hotel. As cries for help grew louder, they knew every second mattered.........

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