Jharkhand cable car mishap: Garud commando volunteers to stay back with 2 kids

PTI

Deoghar, April 12

In line with the motto of the Indian Air Force — “Touch the Sky with Glory” — an Air Force Garud commando engaged in one of the toughest rescue operations at Trikut hills ropeway mishap in Jharkhand’s Deoghar volunteered to stay back and spend Monday night with two traumatised children who were alone in a trolley suspended mid-air since Sunday 4 pm.

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This happened after all those still stranded in mid-air witnessed the death of a fellow passenger who slipped and fell while being winched up in a botched rescue attempt from an Air Force helicopter on Monday.

Despite repeated calls to return from his fellow commandos in a chopper, the Garud commando who could not be identified, said he did not want to leave the two frightened children alone in the trolley, an official said. —

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