Tearful Rasmila Sawal, 35, watched on as five-month-old son Sonies was pulled out of the wreckage alive
Rowan Griffiths
The mum of the miracle baby pulled alive from the Nepal earthquake rubble has spoken of her relief saying: "I was certain he was dead"
Tearful Rasmila Aawal, 35, was tracked down by the Daily Mirror today and revealed five-month-old son Sonies is alive and well.
She told us his rescue after 22 hours under the wreckage was "a miracle".
"I
am just so happy. I cannot believe it," she said as she cuddled her son
by the remains of her family's ruined house in Muldhoka.
Husband Shyam Aawal, 34, said "I am the happiest man in the world". Beacon of hope: Baby Sonies Aawal at home in Muldsoka
Shyan, a truck driver, desperately clawed at the rubble with his bare hands to save his son.
But he was unsuccessful and had to wait for the army to arrive the next day.
Rasmila said: "I had gone shopping and left my ten year old daughter Sonia with the baby.
"When the quake happened I burst into tears and ran home. I thought they were both dead."
But Sonia had got out.
Sonies was still asleep in his bed and there was a huge pile of rubble on top of him.
"I prayed to every god I could and it looks like my prayers were answered," said Shyan.
The family took the Daily Mirror back to their house which has been completely flattened by the disaster.
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Relief: Sonies' dad Shyan clawed through rubble to find his son after the earthquake
They are now living on the floor of a friend's house opposite.
The UK has so far raised £19million via the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) Nepal Earthquake Appeal.
A British national is among those killed, the foreign office has confirmed.
In
a statement, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond did not name the
deceased, who had dual nationality, but said they had been living in
Hong Kong.
He also said reports a further British national had been killed at the Everest base camp were "urgently investigating".
The Foreign Office said they had been in touch with the person's family.
At least 30 British nationals were still listed as missing while one was feared killed in Nepal last night following the devastating earthquake which has killed more than 5,000 people.
The official death toll stands at 5,057 – with 10,000-plus
injured, while Nepal’s Prime Minister Sushil Koirala forecast the number
of fatalities could reach 10,000 as figures come in from far-flung
villages and towns.
Communication in the country is difficult as phone lines and road networks have been destroyed.
Among the Britons still unaccounted for is David Emperor, 34, of Stockwell, South London.
Dad James, 66, said yesterday: “He’d just finished a trek, a couple of weeks trek.
"He
was in Kathmandu because he was going to watch the Spurs game live,
which would have been on there about 8 o’clock [Saturday].
“When I woke up on the Saturday morning, it’s on the news: earthquake in Kathmandu.
“I thought ‘f***’, but they said 50 people [were killed] so I thought it was minor.
"But then it escalated.
“If he’s OK, he’s OK.
"He’s able to cope.
"The only thing I’ll be worried about is if he’s one of these people under the rubble.”
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Matt Carapiet, 23, of Bearsted, Kent, has yet to get in touch with his parents.
The student was trekking in the Himalayas.
There
were fears over the fate of Julius Olatokunbo, 53, from Forest Hill,
South East London, after a climber wrote online that he was “taken with
an avalanche” and separated from his group.
Buddhist monk Martin Gattuso, 38, originally from Norfolk, was also missing, as was fellow expat Simon Charlesworth, 49.
Barbara
and Ian Nightingale, both in their 60s and from Nottingham, were
reported safe yesterday after the quake hit their trekking trip.
Geography graduate Samuel Beckett, 23, from Leicester has not been heard of since the disaster.
But
last night relieved mum Alison said: “He was trekking with six other
men and one managed to contact his mother on WhatsApp and she has
contacted me.
“She said they were safe but I haven’t heard from him yet.”
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