Rescuers Save Baby Trapped Under Rubble for 22 Hours After Nepal Quake

Zain Haidar
Published: April 29,2015




 
Unfathomable tragedy struck Nepal on Saturday when a 7.8-magnitude earthquake rocked the country, killing over 5,000 people and leaving countless injured in its wake.
One 4-month-old, however, beat the odds to make an incredible recovery. Kathmandu Today reports that Nepalese soldiers saved a baby boy buried under rubble for 22 hours after the earthquake.

4-month-old Sonit Awal was rescued this weekend after a massive earthquake left the baby buried under rubble for 22 hours.
(Kathmandu Today)

The baby was feared dead after an initial sweep by the military, but search teams returned to the collapsed building in Bhaktapur when a witness heard crying from the ruins.
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CNN reports that the baby, named Sonit Awal, is in stable condition and has no injuries.
As heart-wrenching images flooding out of Nepal have made clear, not everyone has been so lucky.
The earthquake affected an estimated 8.1 million Nepalese, and over a million of the affected need help finding food to survive.
Foreign aid is pouring into Nepal, but with thousands killed and even more injured, the country is in disarray and needs your help.
Here is a list of charities in need of support to help the vicitms.

• American Red Cross
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
• UNICEF
• AmeriCares
• OXFAM America
• Handicap International
• Save the Children
• CARE
• World Vision
• Samaritan's Purse
• International Medical Corps

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