1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,680 Speaker 1: Let's go to Nixt Jake's. She is a witness who 2 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:04,880 Speaker 1: was there at the mount when the slip happened this 3 00:00:04,920 --> 00:00:12,600 Speaker 1: morning and joins us now. Next, good afternoon, Ryan, so good, 4 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:14,360 Speaker 1: thank you. What did you see this morning? Next? 5 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:23,640 Speaker 2: This morning, I was out walking and was heading back 6 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 2: down Pilot Bay and then I heard actually loud cracking sound, 7 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 2: which caused was on the phone at TIGN, but it 8 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 2: caused me to turn around and I could see that 9 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:39,199 Speaker 2: the mona was starting to come down onto I think 10 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 2: guests war cracking sounds onto buildings and things around it. 11 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:47,640 Speaker 1: What was it like when when it was coming down like? 12 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 1: Was it really fast? Was it just a slow slid? 13 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:50,440 Speaker 2: What? 14 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:51,280 Speaker 1: What was it like? 15 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 2: I again context from what I could see, it felt 16 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 2: quite slow motion. But you know, does get different when 17 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:07,080 Speaker 2: you're in different situations. So it seems slow to me 18 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:10,200 Speaker 2: as I watched it come true. I mean, you react 19 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:14,319 Speaker 2: as fast as you can too. I don't know how. 20 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 2: Natural instinct, I guess is to move forward, like lots 21 00:01:17,200 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 2: of people were the community started to move forward to 22 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 2: obviously try and ascertain what was going on And. 23 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 1: What did you find when you went from when you moved. 24 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 2: Forward, it was more just the visual of saying that 25 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:35,119 Speaker 2: there's been lots of disrupt to the area directly under 26 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 2: the where the fenee had fallen. So you could see that. 27 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 2: I could see that a camp event had been moved along, 28 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 2: and that the abolution block had also been pushed forward 29 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:51,639 Speaker 2: in another sort of truck. I guess was perhaps keeping 30 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:55,560 Speaker 2: kind of the ablution, uh, you know, lockdown. I guess 31 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 2: it was lockdown. I couldn't see behind that. I didn't 32 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 2: want to move into an unsafe zone. And there were 33 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:04,400 Speaker 2: lots of people who had been doing the work around 34 00:02:04,440 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 2: closing off the monent and the hovers. Yes, so they 35 00:02:07,200 --> 00:02:10,320 Speaker 2: were starting to mobilize and you know, pushing people away 36 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 2: from going and giving there where the excess they was. 37 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:17,799 Speaker 1: And did you talk to anyone when you were there 38 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:21,600 Speaker 1: next to anyone who was you know, had been there 39 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 1: or in the vicinity who was looking for anyone? 40 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:29,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, there were two people who were obviously oneing how 41 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 2: to eat to New Zealand who had people in the 42 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 2: shower blocks. So they were trying to move into that space. 43 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:40,240 Speaker 2: So it was trying to say to then come away, 44 00:02:40,600 --> 00:02:44,680 Speaker 2: you know, look obviously past them for clarity how many 45 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 2: people they were looking for? So that we could partial 46 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 2: it on to other people. So we had some idea 47 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:53,080 Speaker 2: of what it was that was sort of unfolding us. 48 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:59,639 Speaker 2: That you were a man and a woman, and that I, 49 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 2: you know, could I read that they were frantic to 50 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:04,080 Speaker 2: get the people that they loved out of the space, 51 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 2: so you can only try and keep them safe. As 52 00:03:08,360 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 2: the white people come to try and look into the area, 53 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 2: did they. 54 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:15,839 Speaker 1: Have their family and their their kids in there? 55 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 2: But probably potentially they said there were two people. It's 56 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 2: all quite snatched. As you can imagine, everything's moving quite rapidly, 57 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 2: so you know, when I asked how many people are 58 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 2: in there, they said too, and then other people. There 59 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 2: were doctors and nurses and all sorts of people sort 60 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 2: of rushing around with another man who normally does search 61 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 2: and rescue who was interacting at the time. So it 62 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 2: was a little bit of a I guess busy scene 63 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:53,840 Speaker 2: probably a good word. 64 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 1: To put it. Nix, I really appreciate you talking to 65 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:58,960 Speaker 1: me this afternoon. Thank you for that. Next, Jake's who 66 00:03:59,080 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 1: was a witness at the Mount Monginuis slip this morning, 67 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 1: thirteen minutes after four, we'll hit to Michael Mora, who 68 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 1: is from the held. Is that the scene with us, Michael, 69 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 1: what's happening there now? 70 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:11,600 Speaker 3: Yeaes Sir Ryan. This is very much still a very 71 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:16,279 Speaker 3: active and fluid emergency situation where the focus at the 72 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:20,839 Speaker 3: moment is still rescuing those who are unaccounted for, those 73 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:25,279 Speaker 3: who are trapped under this massive landslide. The center of attention, 74 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:28,159 Speaker 3: from what I can see from the beach at the moment, 75 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 3: appears to be on this ablution block and you can 76 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 3: see far an emergency and land search and rescue teams 77 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 3: up on top of the debris that covers that toilet 78 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:39,760 Speaker 3: and shower block. There's also a digger that has been 79 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:42,240 Speaker 3: brought in, but it is a huge task is there 80 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 3: is just tons and tons of dirt and debris that 81 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 3: is covering the campsite at the moment. Emergency Management Minister 82 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:54,360 Speaker 3: Mark Mitchell has told me that young people were among 83 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:57,400 Speaker 3: those who are unaccounted for at the moment and describe 84 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:00,440 Speaker 3: the situation for parents who are waiting at the nearby 85 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 3: surf club for news as heartbreaking. So this is a 86 00:05:05,800 --> 00:05:10,840 Speaker 3: fairly fluid situation that is ongoing. What we understand is 87 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:15,279 Speaker 3: that around five am this morning, there was another woman 88 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:19,280 Speaker 3: who started going around the camp site and warning people 89 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 3: to get out. Now, I've just interviewed a woman who 90 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:26,240 Speaker 3: asked not to be named, and she told me that 91 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:30,160 Speaker 3: this woman was a hero, but that also as this 92 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:32,600 Speaker 3: woman was going around the campsite to try and get 93 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:36,159 Speaker 3: people out, she went into the ablution block and was 94 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:39,560 Speaker 3: then the landslide came down, and she is one of 95 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:42,599 Speaker 3: those who was unaccounted for. So this is a woman 96 00:05:42,640 --> 00:05:45,680 Speaker 3: who was going around trying to warn people of the 97 00:05:45,760 --> 00:05:50,600 Speaker 3: imminent danger. So it's a fairly bleak, sad situation here 98 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 3: on the ground. A lot of activity going on, and 99 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:57,600 Speaker 3: we are told by emergency officials that this will continue 100 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:01,160 Speaker 3: into the evening. The rescue operation, which it is at 101 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:03,160 Speaker 3: the moment, we'll continue into the evening. 102 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:06,479 Speaker 1: Michael, thanks for that update. Michael Mora from The Herald 103 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 1: at the scene for us. 104 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:11,240 Speaker 2: For more from Heather Duplessy Allen Drive. 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