Brink's O'Grady and Waverly Brown, and a Brink's security guard, Pete Paige, dead. Paige's partner, Joe Trombino, was severely wounded in the gun battle but survived. He later died in the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks in 2001. On November 26, 1983, there was an armed robbery at a warehouse near London's Heathrow Airport, operated by Brink's-Mat, a former joint venture between Brink's and the London-based company MAT Transport, which specialized in the transportation of valuable goods. Three tonnes of gold bullion (worth £26 million) was stolen. Most of the gold has never been recovered. $7.4 million was
Treasure hunting Mogul, at Delhi, India. In 1952, British recovered almost one million dollars' worth of the $5.3 million loot and hid in Brazil to escape the British Government's tax. The liner "Laurentic" heading from Liverpool to Halifax in 1917 collided into a mine and sunk with gold worth five million British pounds. Lieutenant Commander G.C.C. Damant was appointed to salvage the ship by the Admiralty. Commander Damant aided by Dr. J.S. Haldane and A.Y. Cattoo discovered the cause and prevention of caisson disease ("the bends") allowing them to make deep dives. Over seven seasons, all but 25 gold bars were recovered