His survival is little short of a miracle.<br /><br /> Nepali Rishi Khanal, 28, has been pulled from the rubble of his country’s earthquake after being buried alive for more than 80 hours.<br /><br /> A Nepali-French search team found Rishi and carried him to safety in a difficult and delicate operation.<br /><br /> Nepal earthquake: man pulled alive from rubble drank own urine to survive http://t.co/iglXJa1A0J— The Guardian (@guardian) April 29, 2015<br /> <br /><br /> The young man had been entombed with three dead bodies in a crumbled apartment building in Kathmandu since Saturday. <br /><br /> With no food and no water, Rishi drank his own urine to stay alive.<br /><br /> And while his rescue was nigh on miraculous, one of his badly injured legs will need to be amputated.<br /><br /> Nepal quake: He drank his own urine to survive 80 hours under the rubble<br />http://t.co/mFYW09zHUf pic.twitter.com/0sQu1of30O— India Today (@IndiaToday) April 29, 2015<br /> <br /><br /> “I did have some hope but by yesterday I’d given up,” Rishi said from his hospital bed. <br /><br /> “My nails wen