P. D. Shaw - He was our hero

In 1966 P.D. Shaw became a full time administrator for the school, his salary sponsored with funds from Save the Children. He used much of his salary on the children, taking them to agricultural shows and the Nairobi National Park and other outings.

Though strict, I must bring to your attention – he was a very generous man generous to us, he would pick five of us up in his Audi, later a Volvo and take us to the Nairobi National Park. Before reaching the entrance a few of us would have to get out and hide in the trunk so PD wouldn’t have to pay our entrance fees. He’d drive a way out of sight of the askaris before letting us out. After the safari, PD would pull over before the exit and have the same number of boys get back in the trunk…but never the same boys that he put in while entering. 

In 1977 in Embakasi, PD with the help of three other students and the police rescued a man stranded in a tree from a flood. A couple of weeks later near Nairobi West Shopping Mall, Shaw and a group of students rescued two Asian youths trapped on top of a car that had be washed 200 yards down the road – a boy was enlisted to swim to out the vehicle with a rope! 

 

Pat Shaw was Romeo 9 - check this YouTube out ..