Nagpur: Wife of Siachen braveheart Hanamanthappa Koppad, Mahadevi Ashok Bilebal wants their only daughter to join the Indian Army when she grows up. 33-year-old Lance Naik Hanamanthappa, who epitomised grit and determination, was miraculously pulled out alive from under 30 feet of ice-and-snow debris where he lay buried for six days on the unforgiving Siachen glacier. He died on February 11.

Lance Naik Hanamanthappa Koppad's wife and daughter. Pic/PTI