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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid a visit to Delhi’s Research and Referral Hospital where Lance Naik Hanamanthappa, who was miraculously found alive after remaining buried in snow for six days, is recuperating. Thappa was today evacuated to the army’s base camp at the Siachen Glacier from where he was flown to Delhi in a special air ambulance.
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Thappa, who hails from Karnataka, was found alive yesterday after being buried under 25 feet of snow for six days after an avalanche hit his post at the altitude of 19,600 feet close to the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan where the temperature was minus 45 degrees Celsius.
Watch: The Miraculous Rescue Of The Siachen Soldier
The other nine personnel at the post, including a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) and eight other ranks of Madras Regiment, have died, according to Lt Gen D S Hooda, Northern Army Commander. “Five bodies have been recovered so far and four bodies have been identified,” he has said.
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