Originally posted by: Xevi
No ones talking about the real Hero behind the rescue operation, an Aussie. How typical!
Aussie saves trapped Indian tunnel workers after 17 days underground
All 41 workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel in India are alive and well after 17 agonising days underground, thanks to an Australian expert’s ingenuity and his team of rat-hole miners
Melbourne tunnel expert Professor Arnold Dix led a team of rescuers, including a group of “rat-hole miners”, in the delicate operation to free the workers after the underground tunnel they were working on in Uttarakhand, not far from India’s border with Tibet, collapsed after a landslide.
There were scenes of joy and relief as the trapped workers were brought out alive and well.
“Hail mother India!” crowds outside the tunnel cheered, as news spread that all had made it safely out of the collapsed tunnel.
Professor Dix, president of the International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association, said it was a delicate operation.
“It was nerve-racking – like, while this is happening, the roof – the mountain is ready to collapse. If we even had a little earth tremor it would come down,” he told Sunrise.
Prof Dix is being hailed as a hero for his work rescuing the trapped men.