article_snippet.sent: TV presenter said her sister sister, Debbie, had managed to contact family to say her sister was safe after a 7.9-magnitude quake struck Nepal on Saturday, killing more than 4,000 people.
article_snippet.sent: In a fortunate twist, her sister said sister Debbie had not yet reached Everest Base Camp, where a deadly avalanche hit, because sister Debbie was ill and had stopped off to recover.
article_snippet.sent: and, right, in 1998) had managed to contact family to say sister Debbie was safe after a 7.9-magnitude quake struck Nepal on Saturday .
article_snippet.sent: Because her sister was suffering so badly from altitude sickness her sister didn't walk up to base camp – which potentially might have saved her sister life.'
article_snippet.sent: her sister said her sister sister, a scuba-diving instructor, had been able to send a text message to her sister family from a friend's phone to say her sister was safe.
highlights_snippet.sent: TV presenter said sister Debbie had contacted family to say sister Debbie was safe .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Says sister Debbie sister may have been airlifted from the mountain this morning .