Four hours under the rubble, 97 years above it
Summary
A 97-year-old woman is recovering at Bir Hospital in Kathmandu after being swept up in floods triggered by a glacier collapse and landslide in Nuwakot. Rescuers worked for about four hours to pull her from the rubble as she continues to ask, "Why did the water hit me?"
Key Points
- Guna Maya Bohara, 97, is being treated at Bir Hospital in Kathmandu after being injured in flooding linked to a glacier collapse and landslide in Nuwakot.
- Nepal Police, the Nepali Army and her relatives spent about four hours clearing debris to rescue her from the ground floor of an elderly care home in Devighat.
- Doctors have diagnosed Bohara with acute stress disorder, and she continues to repeatedly ask why the water hit her.
- Bohara’s long life has been marked by early marriage, the loss of most of her family, and decades of raising her nephews and nieces.
