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😢 This woman's partner is missing in Nepal after the devastating flood... · KIIS Breakfast

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  Speaker 1: This is Kiss Breakfast.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we have Sandra on the line. So she's a
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  Speaker 2: 23-year-old from Sydney. Her partner is still missing in the
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  Speaker 2: Nepal floods.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Sarada, so tell us, your partner was over in
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  Speaker 1: Nepal when the floods hit three weeks ago. Why was
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  Speaker 1: he over there?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, so it was a pilgrimage and they were travelling
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  Speaker 3: up to the Nepal-Tibet border at the time when the
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  Speaker 3: flood hit. So they were meant to reach Mount Kailash
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  Speaker 3: today that day and then start their hike around like
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  Speaker 3: the base camp yeah um when obviously they they weren't
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  Speaker 3: able to reach there um but yeah so they were
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  Speaker 3: traveling in a group of 10 and they were about
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  Speaker 3: 15 kilometers south from the border and that's when um
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  Speaker 3: that's when the flood hit but We received some official
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  Speaker 3: information from the AFP a few days later stating that
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  Speaker 3: one of the group members had their phone pinged the
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  Speaker 3: day after. So the line of thinking that we have
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  Speaker 3: is that obviously it's a big, you know, sign of
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  Speaker 3: life that the phone is being the day after. So
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  Speaker 3: we're thinking surely they, you know, got out of the way.
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  Speaker 3: We also got the GPS data that placed them on
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  Speaker 3: the highway around 855. And when we look at like
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  Speaker 3: Google Earth views of that location, it Unless they were
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  Speaker 3: at a very specific bend, they wouldn't have seen the
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  Speaker 3: flood coming, but otherwise they would have seen it coming
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  Speaker 3: and they would have had time to get out of
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  Speaker 3: the car and run up the hill.
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  Speaker 1: Are you getting much support or, you know, help from
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  Speaker 1: the government, the Australian government?
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  Speaker 2: Are they doing enough for you?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, so I think that they're doing a lot, but
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  Speaker 3: we still are trying to request everything that we can.
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  Speaker 3: So I am in touch with DFAT. All the family
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  Speaker 3: members have been assigned an officer from DFAT which has
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  Speaker 3: been helpful, but unfortunately they just don't have enough updates
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  Speaker 3: in general for us. We're still seeking out more information.
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  Speaker 3: So we want to know more about the search and
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  Speaker 3: rescue operations that are being conducted. We want to know
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  Speaker 3: exactly what areas are being conducted in and exactly by
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  Speaker 3: what means, whether they're on foot or just helicopter or
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  Speaker 3: drones or anything. Like we've seen the helicopter videos and
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  Speaker 3: we know that from that high up you can't really
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  Speaker 3: see anything because it's all shrubbery. Yep. And it's all
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  Speaker 3: just a forest.
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  Speaker 1: Can you tell us a little bit about your partner, Rashab?
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  Speaker 1: Like do you think that if he is still out there,
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  Speaker 1: does he have the means to keep himself alive? Like
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  Speaker 1: are him and his family well equipped to kind of
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  Speaker 1: look for food and do you think that he would
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  Speaker 1: know what to do in those kind of situations? 110%.
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  Speaker 3: I don't have a doubt in my mind that he
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  Speaker 3: would know what to do. He's a very sensible person.
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  Speaker 3: He's very logical. He's in fact too logical sometimes.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: But he's very sensible and the whole family is. And,
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  Speaker 3: you know, him and his brother are both medical trained,
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  Speaker 3: so they would have an idea of what to do,
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  Speaker 3: especially if there were any injuries. His parents were doing
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  Speaker 3: 15 kilometer hikes on every weekend leading up to the event.
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  Speaker 3: So they were all fit, all well-equipped, all logical.
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  Speaker 1: Okay.
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  Speaker 3: So I'm thinking that, you know, they would have all
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  Speaker 3: the tools, but they just need help.
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  Speaker 2: And what about you? What's life like for you at
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  Speaker 2: the moment? Are you just constantly checking your phone and
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  Speaker 2: looking for any information? How are you getting by?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, that's all I do all day. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: I have a lot of support around me, a lot
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  Speaker 3: of friends and family that come in and check on
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  Speaker 3: me every day. Yeah. you know, they provide a very
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  Speaker 3: good distraction for me, but they also help me a
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  Speaker 3: lot if I need to call people or need to
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  Speaker 3: do any searches or anything like that. So it's been, like,
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  Speaker 3: I've been very well supported.
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  Speaker 2: Well, we understand why you'd absolutely be holding out hope.
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  Speaker 2: And Sarada, we wish you the best of luck and
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  Speaker 2: everyone's hoping that he can be found, okay?
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  Speaker 1: And his whole family, yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, and I don't think it's right by them if
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  Speaker 3: any of us actually give up. So we're just trying
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  Speaker 3: anything and everything we can.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 2: We wish you the best.
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  Speaker 1: All the best. Thank you so much.