Soldier beats Death in Siachen
In what is nothing short of a miracle, one of the 10 soldiers buried in the avalanche at the Sonam post in the Siachen glacier last Wednesday was found alive in the rescue operations at the 19,600-feet altitude on Monday.
He was found alive days after authorities said there was little chance of finding survivors following the Siachen accident last week.
"In the ongoing operation at Siachen of the 10 soldiers buried...(one) has been found alive," General D.S. Hooda from the army's northern command said in a statement Monday."Sadly, All others soldiers are regrettably no longer with us," He added.
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| Lance Naik Henamanthappa Koppad |
The rescued soldier, Lance Naik Henamanthappa Koppad,of the 19 Madras Regiment, was in critical condition and immediately rushed to a warm tent on the camp site where the medical team tended to him and officials would try to evacuate him from the mountain later tuesday morning to be moved to RR hospital in New Delhi.
Lance Naik Koppad, a resident of Dharwad district in Karnataka was barely alive when found by the rescue team. He was buried under 25 feet snow for six odd days. Having temperatures ranging between -45deg centigrade at day to -65deg centigrade at night. As on monday, total of 4 bodies were recovered from the accident area.
Last Wednesday, A total of 10 soldiers including 1 JCO and 9 soldiers of 19 Madras regiment were buried under snow after a avalanche hit their camp. After that search and rescue operation was on but on Monday, Team got a significant success after they found one soldier alive.
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| List of soldiers buried under Snow |
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