'Flawless under pressure with the world watching on - you've done your village proud': Family and friends heap praise on Queen's pallbearers Holly Willoughby 'will NOT' quit This Morning after spending 'most of day in talks' over claims she jumped the queue to see Queen in state'Ĭarole and Mike's place in the royal family: How the Middletons have become a 'core part' of royal life for the Prince and Princess of Wales Just after the earthquake we lived in a tent, but it became too warm for our baby who got sick. ‘The world has forgotten us,' Rasmila said. ‘It’s very difficult for me to get on with my life. They have been forced to stay with friends and are trying to scrape together enough money for food. In just 54 seconds of violent tremors, their house was razed to the ground. Rasmila and her husband Shyam Awal, whose brother Azdid died in the earthquake, had spent their life savings on their home in the town of Bharktapur, a 30-minute drive from the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu. A scar on his thigh is a permanent reminder of his ordeal. Pictures of his miraculous escape were published worldwide, and MailOnline has caught up with the family three months after the quake hit.īut following the initial euphoria, they must now deal with the harsh reality faced by thousands of Nepalese people who lost their homes, belongings and relatives in the powerful earthquake.Īs he lies asleep in bed - his face painted with traditional Hindu make-up to protect him from harm - it's hard to imagine the trauma the tiny tot went through. I still hoped he was alive and had not lost hope 'They took him and me to the hospital and it took three hours at the hospital before we was finally reunited. I will call him Babu for the rest of his life now because of that. 'At that moment I knew he was alive and alright. ‘The first thing I said when he was free of the rubble was his nickname - Babu - which means little boy, and when he heard that he was smiling. 'When he finally came up I wanted to hold him and I almost couldn’t wait. I still hoped he was alive and had not lost hope because I had not yet seen him or his body. 'People thought my baby was already dead. I could hear him crying from the ruins of our home. 'I could think of nothing else but trying to save my baby,' Rasmila said. His life had been saved by a metal chair that had fallen fallen over his cot, shielding him from falling bricks, and he was pulled from the debris almost unharmed. She rushed back to the spot where her house once was and could hear Sonit's muffled cries beneath the rubble. 'When the earthquake happened the first thing on my mind was the children that I had to rescue both of them,' she said. Rasmila had popped to the shop to buy some food while Sonit's sister Soniya, 10, looked after her brother in the house. Rosmila told how Sonit was asleep in a cot in the family home in Bharktapur, Nepal, when the deadly 7.8 magnitude quake struck on April 25. Yes, we are alive, but we have no house, no work and no money to buy food.' In an exclusive interview with MailOnline, Rasmila said: ‘Since the earthquake times have been so difficult. In the immediate aftermath of the disaster Rasmila told how she was inundated with offers of help and support.īut Sonit's mother now believes they have been forgotten about just months after pictures of his miraculous escape captured the attention of the world.
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