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California's Task Force 2: Behind the team that helped rescue Nepal
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Jun 25, 2015
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California's Task Force 2: Behind the team that helped rescue Nepal
Thursday marks two months since a 7.8-magnitude earthquake devastated Nepal. California's task Force 2 helped rescue many survivors.
Members of Task Force 2 from the Los Angeles County Fire Department recovered survivors from a building that collapsed in May after a major aftershock in Singati, a mountain village in Nepal.
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Thursday marks two months since a 7.8-magnitude earthquake devastated Nepal. California's task Force 2 helped rescue many survivors.

Thursday marks two months since a 7.8-magnitude earthquake devastated Nepal.

That quake, and a 7.3-magnitude aftershock days later, killed 9,000 people. But plenty of people were rescued, too, thanks in part to California's Task Force Two.

Journalist Vince Beiser gave an inside look at the team in a recent issue of The California Sunday Magazine. He joined the show with more.