article_snippet.sent: An American doctor climbing Everest when the devastating earthquake hit has described the heartbreaking moment Dr Ellen Gallant mountain guide died before Dr Ellen Gallant eyes, .
article_snippet.sent: Ellen Gallant, a cardiologist from Utah, was attempting to climb the world's tallest mountain when Earthquake struck, sparking an avalanche that killed 18 people.
article_snippet.sent: Dr Ellen Gallant Ellen Gallant was on Everest when Earthquake struck.
article_snippet.sent: Earthquake sparked a huge avalance killing 18 people, with Dr Ellen Gallant and another doctor desperately trying to save those injured .
article_snippet.sent: An experienced climber, Dr Gallant (left) helped tend to survivors and those gravely injured before rescue helicopters arrived to get people off the mountainside .
article_snippet.sent: Dr Ellen Gallant said Dr Ellen Gallant and an Indian doctor rushed to help the injured in difficult conditions following an avalanche that killed 18 people, but said there was nothing they could do to save an Indian doctor life. '
article_snippet.sent: I was outside, saw this huge blast coming down', Dr Ellen Gallant told ABC News. '
article_snippet.sent: Dr Ellen Gallant said they knew they lives were saved when they heard the sound of rescue helicopters landing on the mountainside, but now Dr Ellen Gallant is struggling to come to terms with what has happened.
article_snippet.sent: A critically injured person is carried on a stretcher out of Everest Base Camp following an avalanche that killed 18 people.
article_snippet.sent: Injured survivors from an avalanche that killed 18 people waiting to be rescued.
article_snippet.sent: It is the second time in two years Gallant has helped people hurt in an Everest avalanche.
article_snippet.sent: She and another doctor helped injured climbers at Everest's base camp medical tent after an avalanche struck In April 2014, killing 16 people.
highlights_snippet.sent: Dr Ellen Gallant battled to save the lives of those injured in avalanche .
  