Nepal earthquake: Teenage boy rescued after five days

Source: BBC

A huge crowd cheered as rescuers brought the boy out of the rubble in the capital, Kathmandu. The boy has now been taken to a field hospital.

Meanwhile, bad weather is hampering the delivery of relief to remote villages, a Nepal government spokesman said.

In Kathmandu, rescue workers from Nepal and the US worked for hours to free the boy from the rubble of the building.

The boy, identified as Pemba Lama, eventually emerged blinking into the sunlight.

He was carried away on a stretcher with a blue brace strapped around his neck, and has now been taken to an Israeli-run field hospital.



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