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RSS FeedsA year later, Mexico pauses to remember deadly quake that killed hundreds
(WorldNews Mexico)

 
 

20 september 2018 05:44:21

 
A year later, Mexico pauses to remember deadly quake that killed hundreds
(WorldNews Mexico)
 


MEXICO CITY - Olga Matamoros recalls running out of her swaying apartment building, certain that the six-story structure would collapse before she reached safety. `When I got outside I saw a disaster: dust everywhere, the building in ruins, and I unable to move,` said Matamoros, 65, sobbing at the recollection. `A neighbor helped me because I couldnīt react. It was the worst experience of my life.` That was one year ago, on Sept. 19, 2017, when a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck, killing 228 people in the capital and 141 more elsewhere in Mexico. The earthquake hit 32 years to the day after the even more destructive 1985 quake that killed thousands. Among the dead last year were nine who...


 
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