More than ten days after a surge of ice, rock, and mud erased much of a Himalayan valley in Nepal's Nuwakot district, rescue teams found 64-year-old Chandika Shrestha alive on the fourth floor of her partially buried home — a quiet testament to human endurance against geological force. Her discovery on September 5th, followed by an airlift to Kathmandu, reminds us that catastrophe does not always have the final word, and that the work of finding the living is itself an act of faith.
Nepali woman found alive after 10 days trapped in mud-buried home
A 64-year-old woman was trapped in a partially buried house for over 10 days following a disaster that destroyed homes in a Himalayan valley.