The visual of a man kneeling down in muddy waters to help women step on to him to get into rescue boats went viral today. Indian Army members conduct rescue and evacuation drive in flood-affected regions of Kerala on August 19. The social media was all praise for the exceptional courage shown by the Indian Navy’s Captain P Rajkumar who airlifted over 25 persons battling challenging conditions. We got an SOS and we traced them out.There is tremendous satisfaction, both professionally and personally,” the officer said later. They cried and hugged each other after all the stranded were safely pulled up into the copter on Saturday.Ĭommander Vijay Varma, who saved a pregnant woman in labour by winching her up in a helicopter from a stranded building, was later happy to hear that she had successfully delivered a baby boy. Prashanth is one among many unsung heroes who have brought smiles to the faces of anxious and panic-stricken people of Kerala, reeling under the worst floods of a century.Īnother TV grab showed some girls, trapped in their hostel room for days without food and water, making a lucky escape after an IAF helicopter came to their rescue. Read: Indian-origin businessmen in UAE pledge Rs 125 mn for Kerala flood victims The woman, who was almost in tears, was all gratitude and smiles as she received her bundle of joy in her hands.
The proud officer later handed over the baby to his anxious mother waiting inside the chopper. TV visuals showed the officer airlifting the two-year-old boy with care, pressing him to his body and winching him to safety. Wing Commander Prashanth slid down a rope to the terrace of the two-storey house which seemed from above like a toy floating on the yellowish murky waters. Braving inclement weather and risky conditions, a young Air Force officer dramatically winched up a toddler to safety from the roof-top of a marooned house in rain-battered Kerala where thousands of people are battling all odds to survive as the death toll has touched 197 in the past 10 days in the second spell of monsoon fury since August 8.
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