Ms Namrata Kohli and her husband were walking along a trail at Taroko National Park in Hualien when they felt the ground shake.
Left: Ms Namrata Kohli and her husband on a hike at Taroko National Park before the earthquake struck. Right: Survivors walking to safety in the aftermath of the earthquake. SINGAPORE: When Ms Namrata Kohli heard that a Singaporean couple was missing at Taroko National Park amid a 7.4-magnitude earthquake in Taiwan , her first thought was that it could have easily been her and her husband.
They parked the car at the tunnel and set off on the short trail through the mountainous terrain. It was on the way back from the trail, at about 8am, that the ground started to shake. Shaken but safely in the car, they assumed the next step would be to drive out of the national park and back to Hualien City, but they could not have been more wrong.
But a few minutes later, some people walked towards them, who turned out to be staff at a hotel down the road. While they did not speak each other’s language, they managed to communicate sufficiently. Thankfully, there was a small guard room at the entrance of the tunnel, which had a first aid kit and even a stove. A security guard who was stationed there cooked the trapped hikers some noodles and soup which they shared around.
While they would have preferred to stay in the tunnel until rescuers came, they knew that their rations of food and water would run out eventually. “There were multiple times in that journey when I thought I wouldn't make it,” she said. “There is a fairly high chance that you either get hit by a small stone or pretty much get buried alive if a big rock comes down.”
The couple flew back to Singapore on Apr 5 – cutting their trip short by five days – and Ms Namrata said she is physically safe but still traumatised.
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