Four-month-old baby pulled from Nepalese wreckage

May 1, 2015 - 08:51
May 1, 2015 - 08:52
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Four-month-old baby pulled from Nepalese wreckage
Four-month-old baby boy Sonit Awal is held up by Nepalese Army soldiers (Picture: Amul Thapa/AP)

A Nepalese photojoualist captured the moment army soldiers saved a four-month-old baby boy from the rubble of a house following the earthquake.

Sonit Awal miraculously survived 20 hours buried in the remnants of the family home with no injuries other than a small cut over his brow.

Sonit"s nine-year-old sister was watching him when the earthquake struck at midday on Saturday, collapsing a number of historic buildings in the town.

Local photojoualist, Amul Thapa, caught this incredible scene in the town of Bhaktapur, just east of Nepal"s capital.

Mr Thapa said: ‘When I saw the baby alive all my sorrow went. Everyone was clapping.

‘It gave me energy and made me smile in spite of lots of pain hidden inside me."

These photos were taken by photojoualist Amul Thapa (Picture: Amul Thapa/AP)

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