The boy who sat in the seventh grade at Silawan Middle School, Tasifeto Timur District, Belu Regency, NTT Province, just spontaneously climbed the flagpole.
Yohanes Andigala, commonly called Johny Gala, a child who lives in RT 12 / RW 05, Halimuti Village, Silawan Village, never thought he would be the public's attention.
Nobody told him. He did this because he only wanted to see the Red and White flag fluttering during the Indonesian Independence Day ceremony at Mota'an Beach, Silawan Village, Belu Regency, NTT on Friday 17/8/2018.
At that time, his story, he was in a first aid camp because of a break.
Actually, that morning he was a ceremony participant, but because of a stomach ache, he was told to rest in the first aid kit at the ceremony location.
While lying down, he suddenly heard if the flag was broken. And, he thought there must be someone who climbed a pole to pull back the end of the flag rope that was hanging over the flagpole.
Seeing this situation, the ninth child of Viktor Lino Fahik Marsal and Lorensa Gama spontaneously ran to the flagpole.
I took off my shoes, and I climbed the pole right away.
said this farmer of Bobonaro descent, East Timor.
He never thought that what he was doing would be compressed as it is today. The video became viral, and he became a public concern.
There was no fear of Johny while climbing the flagpole that was about 11 meters high.