When an Earthquake Strikes ... - Mario Seiglie - September 1985

Mario Seiglie

For Rebeca Martinez, it was a moment she would never forget. The evening of March 3; 1985, she was bathing when the powerful earthquake struck. The walls, the roof and the floor began to shake violently. Instinctively, she dashed for the door. But the walls were pressing against the door frame and had jammed the door shut. With the sudden strength one is able to muster as life is threatened, she heaved and the door flung open. She leaped out and a second later the heavy roof and walls came crashing down. She watched horrified as much of the bathroom fell to the second floor below. She ran downstairs amid the sound of falling plaster, bricks and wood. She made it out the front door as her husband covered her with a towel. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library