The 17-day Silkyara tunnel rescue concluded successfully on Wednesday, with all 41 workers emerging healthy, shining a spotlight on the rescuers.
Munna Qureshi, the first rat-hole miner to reach trapped workers, emerged as a hero of the operation.
Munna Qureshi, a 29-year-old rat-hole miner employed at a Delhi-based sewer and water line clearing company, played crucial role in the rescue op.
Monu Kumar, Wakeel Khan, Feroz, Parsadi Lodhi, and Vipin Rajout were among the rat-hole miners who joined the challenging rescue operation.
The miners stayed in tunnel for half-an hour before the NDRF came to take the trapped men.