Game freezing killed all my high lv mappers :(

So it seems POE1 suffers similar issues from PC freezing. (yes, I did all workarounds, no I won't be downgrading to previous Win version)

I was running rescue mission on my mappers in the town (team of six mappers lv 9/10)
game froze shortly after starting battle

eventually, finally managed to log in and .... I cannot rescue them any more, WHOLE TEAM IS DEAD!

Are you serious!?
I cannot attempt the rescue? Game is causing issues, killing WHOLE team of top lv mappers is a nightmare to replace.

Can GGG do something about it?
I am scared to play the game, god knows what else game decides to delete because it cannot run properly
Yes, I understand it might be windows issue, but at least you could make it then not one-time attempt kill-everyone-punishable event

I guess GGG won't restore the mappers in this case?
I don't fancy spending weeks or months to replace them

There are plenty of crashes in PoE1 now, am actually having more crashes in PoE1 than in PoE2. I wonder if it is a windows update or other driver update issue.

crashes wouldn't be such a problem if we could retry the fight, even if from the beginning (boss full health)

but with one attempt only and loosing whole team of six T9/T10 mappers sends me back 2 months progress on getting those mappers, unacceptable

not only I have to spend now significant amount of time to get them back, not sure I will be able before next patch, I also can't run the maps since the maps the team was running are too high for the lower levels ...