You bring up a good point. As militaries throughout the west are tripping over each other to include women in special forces type units...only men helped in the cave rescue.
She hauled large amounts of food from her farm every other day, prepared and cooked it for the rescue crews. And she lost her farm in the process.
She's a hero alright. She kept those rescue crews fed and strong.
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