By COLlive reporter
Two Brooklyn natives who were climbing up to the base camp at Mount Everest in Nepal when the Avalanche struck are heading home after days of international concern and prayer.
Danny Cole, 39, a father of four from Crown Heights, and Mendy Losh, 38, originally from Crown Heights and now living in Newport Beach, California, were pictured in front of a chopper on Monday.
We’re on our way back,” Losh reported on Facebook. “One leg at a time. We’re in Pheriche now then hopefully onto Lukla, Kathmandu and home. Finally got some WiFi here. We’re both doing OK.”
They had been reported missing in the chaotic aftermath of a 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the South Asian nation, with the latest figures suggesting more than 4,000 people perished in the disaster, the Associated Press reports.
As first reported on COLlive.com, the two managed to make contact with their family early on 1:45 AM on Monday, updating that they are safe and in good condition.
“We actually did not know the full extent of the disaster until a few hours ago,” Danny Cole told COLlive on Monday morning. “Communication throughout the Kumbi Valley has been virtually non-existent since the earthquake hit. We have been trekking from town to town the last couple of days looking for service just to tell everyone we were okay, as well as to find out exactly what was going on.”
The two had to run for cover to protect themselves from falling boulders during the quake. Elsewhere in the country, buildings were reduced to rubble, people buried in the wreckage of their homes and hospitals short on medical supplies overflowing with patients, PIX11 reports.
VIDEO: Zevi Steinhauser spoke to news media about the drama and his relief that his close friends are accounted for.
Hodu lahashem ki tov ki leolam chasdo
they are safe
THANK HASHEM FOR HIS PROTECTION
DO SOMETHING BETTER B’RUCHNIUS…
MOSHIACH IS ON THE WAY SO
LET’S BE READY BY ADDING
IN LEARNING TORAH AND
TOPICS OF GEULAH AND MOSHIACH
AND PERFORMING THE MITZVOS
B’HIDDUR.
(message from THE REBBE)
BH these 2 men are safe and will be home soon BE”H safely with only scary stories and drama to remember this horrific episode that very easily could have gone south r”l. Ushmarten es nafshisoisechem is a posuk and halacha. putting yourself in a danger for thrill-seeking is wrong plain and simple. I’m not a rov, and someone should research if jet-skiing, mopeds, motorcycles, snowboarding are muttar for a Jew. From an article about himalayan climbing “If, say, 1 percent of American college-aged raft guides or ski instructors were dying on the job—the mortality rate of Everest Sherpas—the guiding industry… Read more »
The Chofetz Chaim’s words are riveting and timely. I’d like to add my thoughts. We all went through shared worry and angst as fellow Lubavitchers, neighbors, friends and family throughout this ordeal. What it taught me is no matter what we are Lubavitchers as the headlines screamed. We are inexplicably interwined and can never extricate ourselves from the invisible bond of brotherhood we share as Lubavitchers. This bond of love, caring which maybe surfaces only in unspeakable times like these comes with strings attached. While we see when push comes to shove”who has our backs” , we must remember it… Read more »
This is definitely all bigger than some made-up theory of “Global Warming.” And Thank G-d they are both safe and on the way back home ! Moshiach NOW.
Zevi Steinhauser I would love to have you as a friend, I have never had such a loyal devoted friend.
The following letter is dated erev Yom Kippur 5685 (1924) Some weeks ago, I (the Chofetz Chaim) publicized a call to teshuvah (repentance) following the great storm which struck our Holy Land. I wrote how that storm was a warning from Above to the entire world to repent of its evil ways, for we know that all is from Hashem and none of the frightening occurrences of the past year were mere happenstance. Now we have received yet another frightening report — of the catastrophic flood in our country and the great storm in Russia in which thousands of men,… Read more »
So glad they are found, but so many are still missing. Praying that all our brothers and sisters will be found and reunited in health and happiness with their families and friend.