25 years ago, on 30 July 1997, a landslide in Thredbo ski village sparked one of the nation’s biggest rescue operations. Days later, at 5.37am on 2 August, Leading Firefighter Steve Hirst, now a Chief Superintendent, registered the first movement under the mountain of rubble. “Rescue team working overhead, can anyone hear me?” he said. “I can hear you,” replied the disaster’s only survivor, Stuart Diver, who was rescued from the wreckage that evening. In total, 18 people were killed, including S

On the night of July 30, 1997, the ski village of Thredbo was shaken when a landslide destroyed two lodges, and killed 18 people. After 65 hours trapped under the rubble, the sole survivor of the disaster, Stuart Diver, was pulled from the wreckage. 10 New First’s Sandra Sully was in Thredbo that week, and covered the miraculous survival of Stuart Diver and the hard work of emergency crews to get him to safety. | 10 News

A rescue operation is underway for a father and his 10-year-old daughter lost in deep snow at Thredbo Resort. The pair were separated from their group and it is understood they have lost their snowboards. Story: 7news.link/5QMiLk #Thredbo #7NEWS | 7NEWS Sydney

Ben Fordham on covering the 1997 Thredbo landslide: At a young age, it was one of those life-changing stories to be able to bring people. MORE: https://bit.ly/2BuFqi1 #frontpage | Sky News Australia