Sunday, 3 May 2015

Nepal quake miracle : 101 year old man found alive in rubble

A 101- year - old man has been pulled alive from rubble
more than a week after the earthquake in Nepal, Sky News
has reported quoting the French news agency , AFP.
The news came as Nepalese authorities also announced
that more than 80 foreigners could not be accounted for in
the devastating 7. 8 magnitude earthquake last week .
Laxmi Dhakal, Nepal Interior Ministry Spokesman , said on
Sunday in Kathmandu that more than 80 foreigners were
missing .
“ According to our records , 82 foreigners from different
countries are confirmed missing , ” he said.
He said police report indicated that in Kenjing Valley , site
of the famous Langtang trekking route north of
Kathmandu , a rescue operation found dead bodies of 48
people , including three foreigners buried under a
landslide .
Dhakal said investigation and available record revealed
that more than 200 people, about half of them foreigners,
were still believed to be buried under a landslide .
A four- month old baby was also found alive 22 hours
after the quake happened last Saturday . Sonit Awal was
pulled to safety Sunday morning by the Nepalese army .
The infant boy ’ s father, Shyam Awal , had called rescuers
after their house collapsed from Saturday ’ s deadly
earthquake. The rescuers had given up the search only
for them to hear the cry of the baby 22 hours after .


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