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US woman severely burned by New Zealand Volcano testifies she was ‘positive’ she was going to die

An American woman said she told her new husband she loved him and was certain they would die when a New Zealand volcano erupted in 2019, killing 22 people.

Lauren, 35, and Matt Urey, 39, returned to New Zealand from their home in Richmond, Virginia, to testify in the Auckland District Court on Wednesday in the trial of three tourism companies and three directors charged with safety breaches over the Dec. 9 White Island disaster.

The honeymooning couple was among 47 people on White Island, the tip of an undersea volcano also known by its Indigenous Maori name, Whakaari, when superheated gases erupted.

Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/07/13/woman-thought-she-would-die-when-new-zealand-volcano-erupted/

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