MIRACLE IN NEPAL Nepalese rescuers carry Pemba Lama, 15, on a stretcher in Kathmandu on April 30, 2015 after he was pulled out of the rubble five days after he was buried by an earthquake. The teenager’s rescue from the ruins of a collapsed building in Kathmandu provided a rare moment of joy as relief coordinators warned it could take five days to reach some of the worst hit areas, accessible only by foot. AFP PHOTO
MIRACLE IN NEPAL Nepalese rescuers carry Pemba Lama, 15, on a stretcher in Kathmandu
on April 30, 2015 after he was pulled out of the rubble five days after he was buried by an earthquake. The teenager’s
rescue from the ruins of a collapsed building in Kathmandu provided a rare moment of joy as relief coordinators
warned it could take five days to reach some of the worst hit areas, accessible only by foot. AFP PHOTO

KATHMANDU: Rescuers pulled a 15-year-old boy alive from the rubble of Nepal’s earthquake Thursday, bringing a rare moment of joy to the ruined capital Kathmandu, five days after a disaster which killed more than 5,500 people.

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