Watch how software engineer Prasanna led tourists to safety during the Pahalgam terror attack.
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00:00A software engineer from Karnataka lived through horror and quick thinking saved 40 lives.
00:05This is his story.
00:07Meet Prasanna Kumar Bhatt.
00:08He, his wife and family were in Pahlgaon's Baisaran Valley enjoying a sunny day.
00:12Little did they know, death was closing in.
00:15Around 2pm, they strolled away from the main gate after a pony ride and a cup of kahva.
00:19That decision would save their lives.
00:21Then, gunshots.
00:22Two sharp cracks broke the piece.
00:24Confusion, screams, children still panicking, adults frozen in terror.
00:30The first instinct, run.
00:32Bhatt, his family and other tourists hid behind a mobile toilet 400 metres away.
00:37Two bodies already lay still on the ground.
00:39His brother, an army officer, realised instantly, this is a terrorist attack.
00:43And he knew, running toward the entrance would be a death trap.
00:47Quick thinking kicked in.
00:48He spotted a tiny gap under the fence where a pipe ran through.
00:52He let 35 to 40 people through it, away from the shooting.
00:55Slipping, falling, scrambling, they slid down a muddy slope shielded by a small stream from
00:59the terrorist's line of sight.
01:01Every second counted.
01:0240 minutes later, the sound of helicopters filled the air.
01:06Army special forces rescued them.
01:07But the horror was far from over.
01:09The gunshots still echo in our ears.
01:11Bhatt wrote.
01:12The Pahlgaon attack killed 26 innocent people.
01:15India's deadliest terror attack since Bulwama in 2019.
01:18The Pahlgaon attack killed 26 innocent people.