rediff.com: Hope & Succour: Gujarat, a month after the earthquake

March 8, 2001

It's because of soldiers like (left to right) Naik Mahesh Patel, Captain Satish Kumar, Lt A K Sharma and Lance Naik Nasseb Kumar that the army has been lauded for its operations. While trying to rescue Prakash, their team heard that the Swiss rescue team had reached Bhuj. Lt Sharma rushed and brought the Swiss straight from the airport. Twelve hours, 28 minutes later Prakash was pulled out. Alive. Ten other members of his family perished.

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