This Family Visiting Pahalgam That Day Was Saved By A Hair - Literally | Read
Saved by a hair -- literally. That's what sums up the miraculous escape of the Hegdes, a Karnataka family visiting Pahalgam's Baisaran meadows on April 22, when terrorists murdered 25 tourists and a Kashmiri pony ride operator in cold blood.
Pradeep Hegde, his wife Shubha Hegde and their son Siddhant reached Srinagar on April 21 and headed for Pahalgam the next morning. High on their itinerary was Baisaran, popularly known as 'Mini Switzerland'. "We hired three horses. The road is terrible. It had rained and it was very muddy and slippery. It took us an hour and 15 minutes to reach the top," Pradeep told NDTV in an exclusive interview a week after the family's narrow escape.
