Husband’s desperate cry for help went viral, wife and son died in Papar landslide tragedy

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A heart-wrenching video of a man begging for help as his wife and son lay trapped in their landslide-hit home in Papar, Sabah has gone viral, capturing the human toll of Sabah’s multiple tragedies on Monday (Sept 15).  In the 26-second clip, the distraught man pleaded for an excavator to dig through the rubble.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/4hzsuntr  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00That was the cry of a desperate man standing helplessly outside his house,

00:25which had been buried by a landslide in Kampung Muk in Papar on Monday morning.

00:30His heart-wrenching cry for help was captured in a heartbreaking video.

00:35Hours later, his worst fears were realised.

00:38His 38-year-old wife and 11-year-old son were recovered from the wreckage.

00:43They were dead.

00:46He was later seen exhausted and disoriented at the scene

00:50as firefighters carried out search and rescue operations in the village.

00:53The biggest tragedy was that he was not alone in despair.

00:59Less than 40 minutes before the landslide struck three houses and left the mother and son buried,

01:04firefighters were called to another landslide at Kampung Maragang Tuntul at 9.20 a.m.

01:10Three people were reportedly trapped in their home.

01:13Compounding the tragedy, a third landslide struck Kampung Chendera Kasi,

01:19burying 11 members of a family in their wooden house.

01:22Residents nearby have been told to evacuate due to fears of further landslides.

01:29Kota Kinabalu, Police Chief Assistant Commissioner Kasim Muda,

01:33said the victims may be immigrants, though this has yet to be confirmed.

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