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White Island volcano: Australian survivor shares pain of leaving family after eruption as trial continues

File image of Whakaari, also known as White Island volcano, in New Zealand, in 2019.
File image of Whakaari, also known as White Island volcano, in New Zealand, in 2019. Photograph: Jorge Silva/Reuters

A criminal trial has heard evidence from an Australian survivor of a New Zealand volcano eruption who lost his parents and sister in the 2019 disaster, saying he is still tormented by his decision to leave his family to seek help.

Jesse Langford, from Sydney, was 19 years old when he joined his father Anthony, 51, mother Kristine, 46, and sister Winona, 17, on a family trip to New Zealand aboard the Royal Caribbean cruise liner Ovation of the Seas in December 2019.

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