Total number of deaths in snow-hit areas across Pakistan and PoK over the past couple of days was now 111
Even as the death toll in the massive avalanches and snow-related incidents in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir rose to 111, a 12-year-old girl was found alive by rescue officials on Wednesday after being buried under snow for 18 hours in PoK. Samina Bibi recalled screaming and shouting for help as she lay trapped in a room under the snow, according to Al Jazeera.
“I thought I would die there,” she said from a hospital bed in Muzaffarabad, where dozens of injured, including her, were receiving treatment after being airlifted out of the avalanche area. Meanwhile, Samina’s mother, Shahnaz Bibi, who lost a son and another daughter, the rescue was nothing short of a miracle. After being pulled out of the snow earlier, Shahnaz said she and her brother, Irshad Ahmad, had given up hope of finding Samina alive.
Samina said she could not sleep while she waited to be rescued. Her leg was fractured and blood was oozing from her mouth. “We didn’t hear a rumble,” Shahnaz said, recalling the moments before the avalanche buried the three-floor house where she and her family were sheltering with others from the village. At least 18 of them died. Samina and her family were huddled ar..ound a fire when the avalanche hit. “It happened in the blink of an eye,” Shahnaz said…Keep Reading
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