I was not lying under the debris

It was Saturday, everyone was at home. My husband and I had planned to go for a Nepali movie “Resham Filili”. We had lunch a little early so as to reach for the movie on time. Our son would not resist himself during the 3 hours movie; hence, I was trying to make him sleep. My husband was still in the kitchen with his parents.

Before I could feel the quake, I suddenly heard the vibrating sound, in some seconds, I could finally realize, it was an earthquake. I held my son and started running towards the main gate. I could hardly walk. We both fell on sofa and then on the floor, somehow we reached the main door. My husband and in -laws were already there trying to keep themselves safe under the door frame. They asked me to hold on them. It was not a good idea to run insanely so we stayed there during the first big shake.

Nobody among us thought we will be alive; nobody had experienced such a big quake ever. We hurriedly moved out of the house when it stopped. But the aftershocks kept coming, one after another. It was such a horrible situation. People were crying, some broke their legs while jumping out of the window, some were praying. I was concerned about my parents, my brother and my sister. I gave up the hope of meeting them ever again. I felt like I was the only saved among them.

To my relief, everyone was safe back at their place. Not a single close relative had any big tragedies. Thankfully we were all safe.

 Because of the network problem, I couldn’t go online for two days. One of my relative called at my home and asked if I was safe and also informed that someone has posted in Facebook that I was missing

When I opened my Facebook for the first time after the earthquake, I was so surprised to see a German friend posted two paragraphs about “missing Banita”. Then I realized media hyped the situation so much that my friend could assume nothing other than me lying under the debris. I replied back that I was safe and everyone close to me was safe.

Thus, I suggest not relying fully on media, please read the personal stories to know about the real situation.