Friday, april 18th, 2014. Today. Rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Im Savannah Guthrie alongside carson daly, Natalie Morales, dylan dreyer. What a terrifying situation at the top of the world on mt. Guys were preparing for the killed. Others were missing. Nbc news was on the mountain at the time. Were going to talk to them in it was only moments after that avalanche that rescuers the slopes of mt. Everest early two are in critical condition. Hours to deliver supplies for the upcoming busy season in early may when climbing camps one and two. Camp, preparing to climb the 29,035foot Mountain Peak when tragedy struck. The avalanche hit in an area called popcorn field, just above everest base camp. Rescue operations are still under way, but todays accident 1996 when a snowstorm caused the summit since sir Edmund Hillarys famous climb back in 1953, savannah. Jonathan fierro is a producer with nbcs peacock productions. Ed wardle is a cameraman on everest this morning. Theyve bee
During a brief opening, Ms Hyde s barrister Andrea Lawrence said the initial one-day inquest held a year after the tragedy in 1973 was cursory and perfunctory and left the family dissatisfied . Enid s family was concerned the 1973 inquest leaves them with more questions than answers about their mother s disappearance, she said. (The findings) are telling for what they are not and what they omit. She told the court Ms Hyde rarely drank alcohol, could not swim and was scared of the water, and was a good mother to her six children - none of which was highlighted in the original inquest findings.