Three Americans Among Dead in Nepal Earthquake
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ABC News(KATHMANDU, Nepal) — Three Americans were among the thousands killed in a massive earthquake that struck Nepal’s capital on Saturday.
The State Department hasn’t identified any of the three, but two of the Americans were killed in an avalanche on Mt. Everest that was triggered by the magnitude 7.8-earthquake near Kathmandu.
Seattle-based Madison Mountaineering said on its website that Marisa Eve Girawong was a camp medic who was killed when the avalanche hit her base camp. Google executive Dan Fredinburg was also killed in the avalanche.
Girawong, a physician’s assistant, had attended school in Chicago and focused on trauma and wilderness medicine, said Madison Mountaineering. An avid rock climber and mountaineer, she had reached the summits of Mt. Washington and Mt. Rainier.
The earthquake has killed more than 2,100.
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