Vishwash Kumar When I entered the ward, Ramesh was aware and half-sitting on his bed in blue medical scrubs.
The Briton, who had injuries on his hands and face, was chatting with an attendant and a few plain-clothed police officers.
I presented myself to the man who is thought to be the sole survivor of Thursday’s Air India tragedy and inquired how he was.
He greeted me with a nod and claimed he was well.
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Dr Shariq told me he was the first to attend to Ramesh when the ambulance brought him to the trauma centre.
“He was alright, had few cuts on his hands and face,” the medic said. “There was nothing majorly wrong at all. He limped a bit. But he was mentally shaken up.”
He described Ramesh’s condition as conscious and alert.
A thorough check-up was done and he was moved to the special ward.
A miracle survivor is what everyone is calling him here. And that he is. Surviving a crash of that magnitude is nothing short of a miracle.
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A short distance from his ward is the mortuary, where dozens of relatives and friends have gathered to identify their loved ones.
Wails and cries break out every time an ambulance arrives.
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What we know so far
CCTV shows take-off and crash
Authorities are using DNA from living relatives to identify bodies.
One hospital staff member told me: “Some are charred beyond recognition and it’s really bad.”
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