AKI RA/CAMBODIA LANDMINE MUSEUM & A PERFECT SOLDIER ON CNN HEROES

Siem Reap, Cambodia (CNN) -- Maneuvering slowly through grassy Cambodian terrain, a caravan of 20 men and women is on a search-and-rescue mission. Dressed in military fatigues, they are guided by a fearless leader who calculates every step and ensures the safest path for his comrades.
It takes just minutes for the unit to confront the first of many hidden targets: a muddied 20-year-old land mine buried a few inches beneath the ground.
"This is an active land mine made from Russia. [If] we step on [it] ... it explodes and cuts the leg off," says Aki Ra, leader of the Cambodian Self Help Demining team. He and his group are working to make their country safer by clearing land mines -- many of which Aki Ra planted himself years ago.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/07/29/cnnheroes.cambodia.demining/index...

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[SgtPlmFry]

I love seeing these things. Thanks for making this world a better place! I wish that other countries' governments would follow this too! All these leftover landmines killing and maiming people all around the world is ridiculous!!!

[molch0815]

been there in january. should have seen

[ilikesharks37]

iam so glad he is doing this!