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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Binaj Gurubacharya and Niranjan Shrestha

2 girls survived Nepal's 2015 earthquake. Each lost a leg, but found friendship in the hospital

Nepal Earthquake Friendship Photo Essay - (Copyright 2015 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

The devastating 2015 Nepal earthquake that killed thousands changed the lives of many in the Himalayan nation. But it was the beginning of a friendship for two girls who each lost a leg in the tremor.

Nirmala Pariyar and Khendo Tamang were 7 and 8 years old when they met at the hospital in Kathmandu after they were brought there for treatment. Both were injured during the April 25, 2015, earthquake, which damaged more than 1 million houses and buildings in Nepal.

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