Five rescued soldiers succumb to injuries

[Windjammer]

NEW DELHI: Five Indian Army soldiers, rescued from the snow after being trapped by an avalanche in north Kashmir's Machil sector, died while being evacuated to Srinagar hospital on Monday, Army officials said.

"The five Army soldiers who had been trapped under snow after the caving in of track in Machil sector on January 28 and subsequently rescued after a grueling daylong mission, were being today (Monday) evacuated to Srinagar, despite persistent poor weather conditions, for specialist medical care, " Army spokesman said adding that all the five have succumbed to their injuries.

All the five soldiers were being treated for hypothermia, he said.

The soldiers were trapped after the snow track on which they were moving caved in on Saturday near the Line of Control.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...-succumb-to-injuries/articleshow/56872775.cms

R.I.P .

 

[Gregor Clegane]

RIP.
Saw on TV that according to Met dep snowfall in N. Kashmir including Kupwara has been the highest in 6 years.

 

[Kambojaric]

Reminds me of this horrifying event. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Gayari_Sector_avalanche)

 

[IHK_PK]

@ Giyari martyrs. ... i Salute u jawans.

 

[Vapnope]

A tragic incident. RIP soldiers.

 

[Windjammer]

Reminds me of this horrifying event. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Gayari_Sector_avalanche)

That was a whole Glacier that came down, if you travel to Northern Pakistan you often encounter these.
But five soldiers rescued on the same day then they also died on the same day.....sad but very odd.

 

[Spring Onion]

RIP.

 

[Robinhood Pandey]

RIP brothers.

thank you for your services to this Nation.

 

[Taimoor Khan]

That was a whole Glacier that came down, if you travel to Northern Pakistan you often encounter these.
But five soldiers rescued on the same day then they also died on the same day.....sad but very odd.

You thinking of what I am thinking? Odd indeed!!

 

[AnGrz_Z_K_Jailer]

Allahu Akbar - Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un. RIP. Thank you for your services.

 

[Lord Of Gondor]

You thinking of what I am thinking? Odd indeed!!

All the five soldiers were being treated for hypothermia, he said

An unusually low body temperature is called hypothermia , and the average person will usually not experience this during a stint in the cold, Castellani said. But if you're wet and cold, it’s a different story, since your body loses heat about 25 times faster in water than in air, according to Michael Sawka, chief of the Thermal & Mountain Medicine Division at USARIEM.

People can even develop hypothermia at temperatures above freezing if it's raining.

Normal core body temperature is 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit, and mild hypothermia sets in at about 95 degrees F. After that, "as you start dropping [in temperature], bad things happen," Sawka said.

• At 91 degrees F, you can experience amnesia.
• At 82 degrees you can lose consciousness
• Below 70 degrees F, you are said to have profound hypothermia and death can occur, Sawka said.

http://www.livescience.com/6008-person-freeze-death.html

http://www.avalanche.org/moonstone/rescue/avalanche survival chances.htm

 

[AyanRay]

You thinking of what I am thinking? Odd indeed!!

No it isn't odd. Unlike Pakistan, India has adequate equipments and materials to get the people out of snow either dead or alive. (If that's what you are thinking about)

 

[nik22]

No it isn't odd. Unlike Pakistan, India has adequate equipments and materials to get the people out of snow either dead or alive. (If that's what you are thinking about)

I think you did not get him. Let me try.
His speculation is that India lost these soldiers somewhere else but made up a story. He is such a sick man that even in death he will try to malign IA

 

[Assange]

RIP

 

[AyanRay]

I think you did not get him. Let me try.
His speculation is that India lost these soldiers somewhere else but made up a story. He is such a sick man that even in death he will try to malign IA

I know man, I was waiting for this reply from him.