American woman says she thought she would die when New Zealand volcano erupted
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American Matthew Urey is seen in the witness box at the Whakaari White Island eruption trial at the Auckland Environment Court, in Auckland, New Zealand, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. Urey, 39, and his wife Lauren Urey, 35, 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 White Island disaster on Dec. 9. 2019. (Jason Oxenham, Pool Photo via AP)Judge Evangelos Thomas presides over day two of the Whakaari White Island eruption trial at the Auckland Environment Court in Auckland, New Zealand, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. US couple Matthew Urey, 39, and his wife Lauren Urey, 35, 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 White Island disaster on Dec. 9. 2019. (Jason Oxenham, Pool Photo via AP)American Matthew Urey is seen in the witness box at the Whakaari White Island eruption trial at the Auckland Environment Court, in Auckland, New Zealand, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. Urey, 39, and his wife Lauren Urey, 35, 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 White Island disaster on Dec. 9. 2019. (Jason Oxenham, Pool Photo via AP)The video interview of US citizen Matthew Urey, left, is played to the court on a screen at the Whakaari White Island eruption trial at the Auckland Environment Court, in Auckland, New Zealand, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. Urey, 39, and his wife Lauren Urey, 35, 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 White Island disaster on Dec. 9. 2019. (Jason Oxenham/Pool Photo via AP)American Matthew Urey is seen in the witness box at the Whakaari White Island eruption trial at the Auckland Environment Court, in Auckland, New Zealand, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. Urey, 39, and his wife Lauren Urey, 35, 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 White Island disaster on Dec. 9. 2019. (Jason Oxenham/Pool Photo via AP)
American Matthew Urey is seen in the witness box at the Whakaari White Island eruption trial at the Auckland Environment Court, in Auckland, New Zealand, Wednesday, July 12, 2023. Urey, 39, and his wife Lauren Urey, 35, 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 White Island disaster on Dec. 9. 2019. (Jason Oxenham, Pool Photo via AP)
