{"id":522839,"date":"2026-08-31T13:40:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T17:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/?p=522839"},"modified":"2026-08-31T13:40:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T17:40:06","slug":"video-man-risks-his-life-to-cross-flooded-bridge-and-reach-his-family-in-nepal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/video-man-risks-his-life-to-cross-flooded-bridge-and-reach-his-family-in-nepal\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Man risks his life to cross flooded bridge and reach his family in Nepal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A video emerging from the devastating floods in Nepal shows a man running across a suspension bridge as a rapidly rising river nearly reaches the structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The man\u2019s family was stranded on the opposite side of the river while he remained on the other bank. With the bridge appearing at risk of collapsing at any moment, he decided to cross despite the dangerous conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the account accompanying the video, the man is his family\u2019s sole provider and feared that his family would struggle to survive without him. He therefore risked his life and ran across the bridge as floodwaters surged beneath it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He ran as fast as he could for a long distance until he was completely exhausted. Once he reached the other side safely, he slowed down and walked calmly. Although exhausted, he appeared relieved and happy to have overcome the dangerous crossing and reached his family safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The video has been shared as an emotional example of the lengths someone may go to protect and be with their family during a crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-x\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This video has now come from the floods in Nepal. The river was rising rapidly, with the water almost touching the cable bridge. This man\u2019s family was stranded on the other side, while he was on the opposite side.<br><br>The bridge could have broken at any moment. But this man had to\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Un6X5iu3ri\">pic.twitter.com\/Un6X5iu3ri<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Saffron Chargers (@SaffronChargers) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SaffronChargers\/status\/2094456233411653751?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video emerging from the devastating floods in Nepal shows a man running across a suspension bridge as a rapidly rising river nearly reaches the structure. The man\u2019s family was stranded on the opposite side of the river while he remained on the other bank. With the bridge appearing at risk of collapsing at any [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":522845,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[611],"class_list":["post-522839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-international","tag-deultimominuto"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2c0T","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-08-31-133813.png","dum_api":{"author_name":"Edith B\u00e1ez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-11-at-11.09.56-AM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["International"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/Captura-de-pantalla-2026-08-31-133813.png"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}