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Thank God. .. for this miracle survival. .. PM Modi had visited the hospital he is admitted to take stock of the situation.
Siachin avalanche- One soldier found alive
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After Siachen Miracle Rescue, Soldier Now In Coma.
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For six days, Lance Naik Hanamanthappa Koppad was buried under 25 feet of ice in temperatures close to minus 40 degrees.
Late last night, a rescue team found him in an "arctic tent" or a fibre-reinforced hut that was buried deep in ice. He was unconscious with a faint pulse. He was put on a rescue chopper that took off from the highest helipad on earth on the Saltoro ridge of Siachen.
The jawan was trapped since February 3, when a wall of ice a kilometer wide and 800 metres high came crashing down on his army post, killing nine of his colleagues.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who visited him at the Army Research and Referral hospital in Delhi, tweeted: "No words are enough to describe the endurance & indomitable spirit of Lance Naik Hanumanthappa. He is an outstanding soldier."
Finding the soldier was "nothing short of a miracle", Lieutenant General SK Patyal told NDTV. "A wall of snow as thick and hard as concrete had fallen on them. The operation was extremely difficult," he said. The rescue team could not work more than 30 minutes at a time.
Five bodies have also been found after some 300 sorties and an intense search at a height of nearly 20,000 feet, where it is difficult to breathe, let alone dig.
The rescue, involving heavy equipment that had to be assembled at the top, and dogs, became particularly challenging because the snow had turned into hard chunks of ice. In temperatures between minus 40 and 25 degrees, rescue teams had to battle frequent blizzards and work through low visibility.
After Siachen Miracle Rescue, Soldier Now In Coma. India Holds Its Breath
Get well soon brave soldier! Our prayers are with you!
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- Soldier rescued from Siachen after being under ice for 6 days is in coma
- Lance Naik Koppad is on ventilator support at the army hospital in Delhi
- Wall of ice 'as thick and hard as concrete' had fallen on 10 soldiers
For six days, Lance Naik Hanamanthappa Koppad was buried under 25 feet of ice in temperatures close to minus 40 degrees.
Late last night, a rescue team found him in an "arctic tent" or a fibre-reinforced hut that was buried deep in ice. He was unconscious with a faint pulse. He was put on a rescue chopper that took off from the highest helipad on earth on the Saltoro ridge of Siachen.
The jawan was trapped since February 3, when a wall of ice a kilometer wide and 800 metres high came crashing down on his army post, killing nine of his colleagues.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who visited him at the Army Research and Referral hospital in Delhi, tweeted: "No words are enough to describe the endurance & indomitable spirit of Lance Naik Hanumanthappa. He is an outstanding soldier."
Finding the soldier was "nothing short of a miracle", Lieutenant General SK Patyal told NDTV. "A wall of snow as thick and hard as concrete had fallen on them. The operation was extremely difficult," he said. The rescue team could not work more than 30 minutes at a time.
Five bodies have also been found after some 300 sorties and an intense search at a height of nearly 20,000 feet, where it is difficult to breathe, let alone dig.
The rescue, involving heavy equipment that had to be assembled at the top, and dogs, became particularly challenging because the snow had turned into hard chunks of ice. In temperatures between minus 40 and 25 degrees, rescue teams had to battle frequent blizzards and work through low visibility.
After Siachen Miracle Rescue, Soldier Now In Coma. India Holds Its Breath
Get well soon brave soldier! Our prayers are with you!
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My heartfelt wishes for the brave man !
He is one tough bugger ! Hope he recovers well to see his kids and family again.
He is one tough bugger ! Hope he recovers well to see his kids and family again.
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Oh this is not good!
The problem is, in comatose it is impossible to predict what is going on. Medicine has no miracle for this situation despite all our technological advances.
If he was conscious with stable BP, they could have attempted organ transplants for liver and kidneys.
I really pray that he opens his eyes again so that doctors can start operating on him or at least revive his organs through medication.
Please pray.
Oh this is not good!
The problem is, in comatose it is impossible to predict what is going on. Medicine has no miracle for this situation despite all our technological advances.
If he was conscious with stable BP, they could have attempted organ transplants for liver and kidneys.
I really pray that he opens his eyes again so that doctors can start operating on him or at least revive his organs through medication.
Please pray.
May God help him .
Entire nation is praying for him.
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We have lost 9 precious soldiers. This is extremely terrible.
Most of my family serves in the military and all soldiers of my brothers' units are like our family. I can imagine the pain Hanumanthappa's family might be going through praying with every bit of their devotion.
This also serves as an important warning as to developing better systems to deal with disasters like avalanches, desert storms, sea storms (for our MARCOs, CISF and navy sailors), jungle-related disasters (CRPF units) etc.
True that DRDO is doing amazing research on such technology.
But there should be some mechanism to detect troops buried under snow and showing signs of life.
We really need to make more effective technology for detection.
Most of my family serves in the military and all soldiers of my brothers' units are like our family. I can imagine the pain Hanumanthappa's family might be going through praying with every bit of their devotion.
This also serves as an important warning as to developing better systems to deal with disasters like avalanches, desert storms, sea storms (for our MARCOs, CISF and navy sailors), jungle-related disasters (CRPF units) etc.
True that DRDO is doing amazing research on such technology.
But there should be some mechanism to detect troops buried under snow and showing signs of life.
We really need to make more effective technology for detection.
The maximum recorded survival is after 96 hours. Body goes into suspended animation and is neither alive nor dead. As rewarming occurs arrhythmia develops. The process of defreezing the body and increasing its core temperatures to normal in order to bring back a person from the edge is delicate, difficult and dangerous. R & R has the reputation of having need of only a beating heart to revive a person, not 100% but one of the best rates anywhere in the world. Let's hope they have the divine help needed now also.
As we so nostalgically recall, those who know of that I speak
"Quartered In snow, silent to remain. When the bugle calls, they shall rise and march again!"
RIP the brave soldiers, you have honored us by becoming the eternal soldier guarding us. We are indebted and forever grateful for your everlasting vigil .......!
@Jungibaaz saw your post ...... I think that statement above holds for soldiers on either side. Without nationality I salute the soldier of both nations there. They are there for us, their fellow countrymen and women, selfless and brave.
As we so nostalgically recall, those who know of that I speak
"Quartered In snow, silent to remain. When the bugle calls, they shall rise and march again!"
RIP the brave soldiers, you have honored us by becoming the eternal soldier guarding us. We are indebted and forever grateful for your everlasting vigil .......!
@Jungibaaz saw your post ...... I think that statement above holds for soldiers on either side. Without nationality I salute the soldier of both nations there. They are there for us, their fellow countrymen and women, selfless and brave.
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Considering that Jawan is from Karnataka, tropical south, surviving so many days is sheer will power. The Thambis are really proving their worth is worst of conditions.
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