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Here in kathmandu the historic town center was devastated. many are staying outdoors terrified of aftershocks. nepal has mobilized its troops for relief work. volunteers desperately dig by hand. this woman used to come to this very spot to have coffee in the shade of the temple. >> it's my country and my people. >> mostly they're searching for bodies in these piles but sometimes there's unexpected. a man pulled out alive. international rescue teams have finally arrived by getting outside the capitol is a struggle. roadblocked. helicopters in short supply. nbc's ian williams reached a spot outs...

Old temples fell. here in kathmandu, the historic town center was is devastated. many are staying out doors in parks and on the streets terrified of repeated aftershocks. two or big ones today. nepal has mobilized its troops for relief work. volunteers desperately dig by hand. this person used to come to this very spot to have coffee in the shade of a temple. >> it's my country. my people. >> mostly they're searching for bodies in these piles. >> unexpected. a man pulled out alive today. international rescue teams have finally arrived. getting outside the capital is a struggle. roads blocked, ...

Town is destroyed and all the people killed. so they are very cautious about the death toll. now they talk about 4,000. but they are very worried that in the coming days, as they learn more, that the number could rise dramatically. this is the moment nepal was brought to its knees. the quake left thousands dead and much of this already poor country without power. short of clean water. centuries-old temples fell. here in kathmandu, the historic town center was devastated. many are staying outdoors in parks and on the streets, terrified of repeated aftershocks, two more big ones today. nepal has...

Eared that more than 100 people lost their lives at this particular site. you can see the relief work, the rescue worker is still on but the chances of anybody being found here alive is now very remote 24 hours have already been passed. the police and the army are here and they are trying to clear the debris. but remember this particular spot this particular tower, is a heritage site in nepal and usually on the holidays on saturdays, which is a holiday here in nepal, people come here along with their family members, to have a picnic to party out here. and that holiday was saturday when the hun...

Absolutely. >> i want to read the tweet that his son went out. >> this man is 72 years old and is going strong. he is still flying. i mean just back in 2010 he was flying and doing relief work with a charity i forgot the name of it. smiles -- over to haiti. flying doctors and resources back and forth. so this is not somebody that is sitting down any time soon. he's 72 going strong and he enjoys flying planes. >> do we know how far along they were filming the latest filming? >> i tried to get the information.