A resident of Mexico city told me how he survived in the earthquake
MEXICO city, 22 Sep — RIA Novosti, Elena Kargina, Dmitry Znamensky. Living in Mexico, the native of Ukraine Gal Dulinsky was in an office building, when in Mexico city a strong earthquake occurred on September 19. She told RIA Novosti about their feelings during the aftershocks and about how to get out of the ruins within seven minutes.
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An earthquake of magnitude of 7.1 occurred in Mexico on Tuesday. Tremors recorded at 18.14 UTC (21.14 GMT). According to the latest data, the number of victims of earthquake has increased to 273.
According to the source Agency, the day she was going to the first class courses in the heart of Mexico city. Classes are held on the second floor of a six storey office building. As throughout the country, on 19 September there was carried out a drill to commemorate the devastating earthquake of 1985.
When we started to descend, it was clear that the stairs are narrow, the stairs too, the little passages, all over the house so much glass, the building will not stand the earthquake.
According to her, exiting about 200-300 people, it was mostly young people around 30 years.
As noted by the Agency interlocutor, 13.14 local time in the house felt the first tremors of a real earthquake. Desks and chairs threw up, all at the same time ran to the door.
“On the stairs between the second and the first floor, everything went from side to side, threw me to the wall, and then everything fell. At that moment I did not even realize that the building collapses,” — said Dulinsky. It was dark, the sounds of falling stones and breaking glass, everyone started to scream. Organized panicked people, one of the Mexicans, called for everyone to stand up and, holding each other and looking for a way out.