. ♪ >> i live in kathmandu.m helping with the school that was destroyed. ♪ >> i was amazed by how many schools were destroyed. the only good thing i can think of is that happened on a weekend. ♪ ♪ ♪ [chatter] >> you need wls that are reinforced and brackets that support the walls a so the ceiling doesn't collapse as quickly and it allows evacuations. you need flexibility in the design, so the building can move as the earthquake is happening. and a place like nepal does not have the technology. but there are things you can do at the local level that will help. >> and the reconstruction has started now. it is a program i initiated. >> there are now modern ways of predicting earthquakes and giving children more time to evacuate. and that is a key point. you can save lives through prevention measures. and it works. ♪ announcer: ukraine, a country rocked by conflict and still searching for greater democracy. announcer: turning a camera lens on politics. announcer: can reformers succeed in creating a more open society

we were only in kathmandu a day and a night to plan the trips. one of the plans didn't involve having a map -- well, we had a ma but not a guide for a walk into the himalayas. >> jimmy: wow. >> there were four of us. mountain sickness struck, and then three of us and then two of us? >> jimmy: they died? [ laughter >> no. >> jimmy: oh my god. >> that's the kind of ribbing i like to give. lk casually about two friends who passed away on a trip. casual tunny funny story about e deatof dear frnds. >> jimmy: phillip and bob, we'll miss them. >> great air time on a talk show. no, seriously, they were fine, i and it was scary, but they lived to tell the tale th went back down the mountain. mountain towels. felt like a it was high enough to get mountain sickness. put it that way. we carried on ill advisedly without a guide. maps were very poor in those days, pre-gps. getting it rig when you get it wrong. i started to get the same mountain sickns, and you have to go fast down and we literally reached one of the metaphor forks in the road. we didn't know w

. >> april 26, 2015, his hometown of kathmandu, nepal was devastated by a major earthquake. >> we were always wondering where the next move would be. >> the 18-year-old and his family moved to gaithersburg. >> out here we have six grids. >> that is when he joined the wolverines soccer team. >> it was evident he belonged here. >> soccer is part of the healing process. >> it moved my focus from what about. it helped me grow. >> you can tell it is difficult for him to talk about the earthquake experience. he saw death, destruction and devastation but it shaped who he is today. 18-month-old mature beyond his years. >> people can judge you. only you know what you have been through. it's changed me in many >> remaining focused on his future and remembering his past. i'm scott abraham with the rising star. announcer: "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. alison: he vanished without a trace a year and a half ago. now police that same stafford county man killed his wife and two small children before killing himself. stephen tschida has new investigation. stephen: the investigators now believe it w