Shimla, Oct. 9 -- What was supposed to be a trip back home for Aaushi (10) and Shorya (8), turned into a nightmare when the bus they were travelling in was hit by a landslide on Tuesday evening, killing 16 people.

The siblings had a miraculous escape as they were sitting in the last row of the bus that was crushed under the falling debris. The duo, however, lost their mother Kamlesh, 26, aunt Anjana Devi, 29, and cousins - Naksh (7) and Aarav (4).

While Shorya was first to be rescued, his sister Aaushi hid under the seat of the bus.

"We heard a loud sound and rushed out. We saw a bus buried under debris as the entire mountain came down. We saw a child (Shorya) near the window so we broke it and pulled him (Shorya) out and rushed him to...