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For 20 terrifying minutes, he was lowered 110 feet into the pitch-black, flooded mine. Water seeped through the rivets, soaking him. The oxygen supply was a single hose. When he reached the bottom, he opened the hatch.

While others hesitated, Gill engineered a 2.5-meter steel capsule on the spot and personally went down into the pit to bring each miner back to safety, one by one. His 6-hour mission remains a record in mining history and is still celebrated every year on November 16 as by Coal India. raniganj coal mine rescue full

Of the 65 rescued, 58 returned to mining within a year. They had no choice; it was the only work they knew. Several named their sons "Gill" in tribute. Two of the rescued miners, interviewed in 2019, still cried when recalling the sound of the drill breaking through the ceiling. For 20 terrifying minutes, he was lowered 110