0ur south america correspondent
katy watson has been to the site
of the disaster in brumadinho,
south—eastern brazil to talk to one
woman who's lost six members
of her family and another who had
the narrowest of escapes.
when the dam broke there was little
hope for those in the path
of the deluge that followed.
panic, as drivers struggle
to save themselves.
elias was driving one
of the trucks that day.
it sounded like an explosion,
but he soon realised
what had happened.
translation: we saw the mud coming,
told my friend sebastian "run,
the dam has burst."
you can see on video my truck moving
from one side to the other.
there was no way out.
we asked god to protect
us, even though it was
staring us in the face.
they survived.
this was the aftermath.
his pick—up, he says,
was like a grain of sand
tossed about in the chaos.
i meet this man, searching
for the bodies of his brother