As grieving families sang traditional Maori songs, New Zealand military specialists wearing protective gear landed on a small volcanic island and recovered six bodies of the 16 people who died in an eruption four days earlier.
A Navy helicopter hovers at Whakatane Airport, as the recovery operation to return the victims of the Dec. 9 volcano eruption continues off the coast of Whakatane New Zealand, Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. A team of eight New Zealand military specialists landed on White Island early Friday to retrieve the bodies of victims after the Dec. 9 eruption.
“We know that reunification won’t ease that sense of loss or grief because I don’t think anything can. But we felt an enormous duty of care as New Zealanders to make sure that we brought their family members back,” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said at a news conference. The bodies were to be taken to Auckland for identification. They are thought to be Australians, who were most of the visitors to the island on Monday when the volcano erupted.
“We do believe that at least one of them is in the water and the other one we are unsure,” but the body may be in the sea as well, Police Commissioner Mike Bush said at a news briefing. “We will continue to search for these people,” he added. The eruption Monday occurred as 47 tourists and their guides were exploring the island. Many of the survivors were severely burned.
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