IT WAS a highly traumatic morning today for school children and teachers when the pier of the Pulau Pababag jetty collapsed in Semporna this morning, sending some 25 pupils into the sea and teachers heroically jumping in to save them but fortunately it was during low tide as seen from a viral video.
There were no casualties according to the deputy director of the Sabah State Education Department, Abidin Marjan who said the 6.45am incident occurred when school children were alighting from boats to walk across the pier.