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Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Mexican TV Broadcaster at the time of live when 7.1 Erathquake strikes Mexico |
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A Mexican TV News Station Caught the Moment the Powerful Quake Struck
A Mexican news station was broadcasting live the moment a magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit the country Tuesday, close to the capital Mexico City.
The powerful quake killed at least
248 people and brought down dozens of buildings in the capital alone.
Thousands of people fled into the streets and early Wednesday rescue
workers were still digging through mounds of rubble, looking for
survivors.
The
anchor at Foro TV was in the middle of a segment with his reporter from
the field, when the earthquake warning sirens began to wail. Enrique
Campos told viewers in Spanish: “Right now that’s the earthquake alarm
going off, this is not a drill,” in a translation provided by Business Insider. “We’re feeling an earthquake now, the floor is moving,” he said as the studio started shaking.
In the video, overhead studio equipment and lights can be seen swinging back and forth, as the station’s audio went silent.
“You
all already know what you have to do now: Stay calm, and evacuate
immediately. I’m going to get up and evacuate,” the anchor told the
audience before leaving the studio.
The earthquake is the deadliest in Mexico since a 1985 quake on the same date killed more than 5,000 people.
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