U.S. bobsled driver Brittany Reinbolt was in Nepal on April 25 and described experiencing a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that killed at least 7,000 people as “one of the most violent experiences” of her life in a first-person story on TeamUSA.org.
Reinbolt, a 31-year-old who earned four medals on the North American Cup last season, wrote that she flew to Nepal for April to visit a younger sister who lived there.
She said she was sitting on a church floor with “about 50 other Nepali people” when the earth shook, followed by “30 seconds that felt like an eternity.