Captain Tim Oruya has narrowly escaped bombs, being shot at, and has evaded wild animals in the course of his career. Bush flying is not for the faint of heart.
He has been in Juba for a significant part of his career, doing rescue missions and humanitarian work. On both sides of the war in South Sudan, he had friends, which saved him, several times. They knew him as “the captain who hugs people,” so they hugged him back.