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Those are some of the people put boat picked up. Praying for them and their recovery. Woman my mom tended to was in critical condition but seemed strong by the end. The helicopters on the island looked destroyed:pic.twitter.com/jds5QBD1yg
This is so hard to believe. Our whole tour group were literally standing at the edge of the main crater not 30 minutes before. My thoughts with the families of those currently unaccounted for, the people recovering now, and especially the rescue workers…pic.twitter.com/mn704hobRk
(Reporters can use any of these with attribution. Sorry, I can’t keep up with 1-off asks to use, don’t have great service)
Checked photo timestamps. Last photo from me standing on the land was 13:49; this first photo of the eruption was 14:12, about a minute or two into the eruption.pic.twitter.com/hyqQuO4vNq
Last photos: here are the White Island Tour operators rescuing people, timestamp 14:24 (~12-14 minutes after eruption). Endless gratitude to that crew for stepping up as first responders. I took these and reporters welcome to use with attribution.pic.twitter.com/ITmY1jCezr
Dear Michael, Ruptly Newsroom here. Glad that you are safe. Can we share your videos on our website, crediting you as the source? And could you please send us a direct message to discuss further options? Thanks.pic.twitter.com/5oW0E1kN30
Hi Michael - Andrew Macfarlane here from 1 NEWS in New Zealand. I've just seen your footage - would we be able to use it for our Breaking News coverage on TV? Cheers!
So glad you are safe fella. Thanks for sharing the imagery, helps folk understand
Hi Michael, I'm Neil from Neil's Twitter. I don't want to use your video or information but wanted to say great videos and glad you are okay. Thoughts with those that are not so lucky.
Hi @sch, my name is Isaac and I work for CNN, these videos are very dramatic. Can CNN and our affiliates use these videos from this whole thread in perpetuity now and in the future? We will credit you. Thanks!
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