Thika-based journalist’s video features in Reuters
Gitau Wanyoike of KTN Kenya taking a fair shot while reporting about the floods that have hit the region following the current heavy rains |
Gitau Wanyoike, a reporter
for KTN Television, covered the dramatic rescue mission of Vincent
Musila, who had spent three nights stuck on a river islet surrounded by flood
water before a helicopter saved him.
(See the Reuters Story: Stranded fisherman rescued by helicopter in Kenya floods)
Musila had gone fishing at
the river when it burst its banks. He said floodwaters came in
"suddenly" while he was fishing from a small patch of land in the
middle of the river, outside Thika town.
"Within seconds water was everywhere and I could not cross. It's been terrible over the last three days being stranded here in the cold and rain. I was hungry and went through a lot," he said after the rescue.
Crowds watched helplessly for
three days as they waited for emergency services to rescue him.
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