MEXICO CITY — Police, firefighters and ordinary Mexicans dug frantically through the rubble of collapsed schools, homes and apartment buildings early Wednesday, looking for survivors of Mexico’s deadliest earthquake in decades as the number of confirmed fatalities climbed to 248. Adding poignancy and a touch of the surreal, Tuesday’s magnitude-7.1 quake struck on the 32nd anniversary of the 1985 earthquake that killed thousands.
Mexicans Dig Through Collapsed Buildings As Death Toll Rises To At Least 248
CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and PETER ORSI - Associated Press, Portland Press Herald
Wed, 09/20/2017 - 2:38am
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