On Wednesday, a funeral was held for 20-year-old climber Yasirli Amri in the village of Turawan in West Sumatra’s Tanah Datar region.
A video that Yasirli filmed of herself awaiting rescue after the volcano erupted went viral in social media. In it, she is seen lying down, her face caked in thick, grey ash, as she struggles to breathe.
“My sister was still holding her mobile phone and she tried to ask for help through social media,” Yasirli’s brother, Fransua Mitra said at the funeral, adding it was her first time climbing a mountain.
Her close friend, Ridho Maulana Putra, described her as “a good person and always smiling.”
Sunday’s eruption of Marapi was the deadliest since 1979, when an eruption killed 60 people. It last erupted in January and February this year.
Indonesia straddles the so-called “Ring of Fire”, which is home to more than 100 active volcanoes.
Source: CNA
