thinking anymore. we re behind that tent. we were under the jacket because it was a big blast. you can imagine it like when you re on the highway and driving 200 kilometers per hour and holding your head out of the window, you don t get any air in your lungs. it was the same feel iing. no air in your lungs, i know one of the people in your climbing group who you became friends with on that expedition died. yeah, well, you know, he didn t make it out of the tent. he was just blown away with the tent, it was flying a couple hundred meters and hit a rock and it broke his skull. i m very sorry. you guys were so lucky to make it out o of there alive. there s been talk that the climbing season on everest might be cancelled altogether because
training for the climb. everyone in his climbing group was spared but some in the group just ahead of them were killed. and stay right here with abc news as more details come in from nepal. look for instant updates on abcnews.com, america this morning and good morning america will have all the latest. russian hackers may have penetrated deeper into president obama s files than we knew. abc news learned last october, hackers not only breached the unclassified computers at the white house and state department, they swept up some of the president s unclassified e-mail, as well. the administration says no classified information was hacked. including the secure e-mail the president sends on his blackberry. there could soon be a major change in u.s. policy regarding hostages held by terror groups. a review panel is recommending the white house no longer stand in the way of families who want to pay ransom. that s a good first step according to the family of james foley killed by isis. the
this is awkward. go to comcastbusiness.com/ checkyourspeed. if we can t offer faster speeds or save you money we ll give you $150. comcast business built for business. we talked to a guy today who missed death by just a few inches. john ryder, an american, was on the side of mt. everest last week when a sudden avalanche buried his climbing group in ice and snow. and when i say ice, i mean boulders of ice. ryder survived. 13 sherpa guides did not, however. three other guides are still missing at this hour. john ryder is still on mt. everest. he talked to cnn by telephone about what happened to him. we heard the avalanche come off that west shoulder.
help is on the way. india has already got people on the ground. and the u.s. is sending search and rescue teams. virginia task force one consists of firefighters doctors, dog handlers and other experts to help in the search for survivors. and the u.s. is also pledged $1 million in support for the recovery. back the you. david, thank you so much. meanwhile, we are learning more about the americans killed in the disaster. among them was google executive dan freddenburg. he ran the company s secretive google x laboratory and used a photograph peaks for google maps. another victim ma rice ka eve garawong from new jersey as the base camp doctor for the climbing group and died in the avalanche on mt. everest. a violent protest last night to prayers for the family of