Unbearable loss of an Air Force Son – Gnanawathi

 

A woman named Gnanawathi caught in a landslide site in Neluwa was rescued by air force Sergeant Senaka Yaparathne under trying conditions. But in the process he lost his live accidentally. Gnanawathi who is being treated at the Karapitiya hospital after being rescued came to know about his death only yesterday.

Gnanawathi has this to say “The officers came and informed us to leave the place when the landslide was about to occur. In the meantime, the rocks started coming down and we were not in a position to run. We were stuck in the front room. Those officers came and got us out but they could not take us out. We waited till dawn despite the rain. My two legs had got stuck in the concrete blocks. Therefore, they could not take us out. In the morning, a helicopter came and they saved me. But I did not know that the son, who rescued me had fallen down and died when I was in hospital. I can’t bear this incident”, Gnanawathi concluded.