SINGAPORE: When Ms. Namrata Kohli learned that a Malaysian pair had vanished in Taiwan’s Taroko National Park as a result of a 7.4-magnitude earthquake, she assumed it to be her husband and her husband.  ,
The 39-year-old Employment Pass holder who has worked in Singapore for more than six years at the tech firm Meta said,” I do n’t know how it was n’t us.”  ,
” I also pray that they are properly brought out .”  ,
Ms. Namrata and her husband were trapped in a hole in the same national park for 24 hours as they were battling Taiwan’s worst quake in 25 years on Wednesday ( April 3 ).  ,
The pair had made the 12-day journey to Taiwan on March 29 for what was supposed to be. The Taiwanese couple was last seen on the Shakadang Trail in the national area the day before the earthquake, which they had earlier visited.  ,
Ms. Namrata and her father had driven from Hualien City to the Tunnel of Nine Goes in the area on the day of the earthquake to climb another road it.
They set off on the small path through the hilly terrain and parked the car at the tunnel. It was on the way up from the road, at about 8am, that the earth started to shake.  ,
Both of us only ran as the noise started to increase, she said. ” We both started to run as fast as we could, but then the rocks started to fall as well” . ,
Her husband’s ears and face were hurt when one of the rocks struck him in the face. As stones fell around them, and she could feel the little stones pelting her feet and legs, they sought sanctuary in a small cave-like construction.  ,
When the spasms subsided, they saw they were nearly at the end of the road, and so walked about 100m to their vehicle parked in the hole.  ,
They assumed the next step would be to leave the regional park and return to Hualien City, but they were improper. They were wrong, though, and they were safely in the car.  ,