{"id":577,"date":"2017-09-20T00:54:55","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T00:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peaceandmind.org\/?p=577"},"modified":"2017-12-21T22:57:12","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T22:57:12","slug":"earthquake-in-mexico-how-can-we-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/contemplarte.org\/en\/2017\/09\/20\/earthquake-in-mexico-how-can-we-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Earthquake in Mexico: how can we\u00a0help?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I woke up this morning and found my iPhone full of messages from my family and friends, first I began to see some photos of disasters and then I saw a building collapsed in the center of the city where I grew up, in that moment I realized that something horrible had happened. While I was sleeping a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Mexico City, my birth-town, the City of Cuernavaca where I grew up and the City of Puebla where I lived and studied university. The three states are united by the great\u00a0Volcano Popocatepetl<\/a>, who has given me beautiful sunrises and sunsets.<\/p>\n

I have family and friends in all three states. Everyone is afraid of more tremors coming.<\/p>\n

So far Cuernavaca has the highest number of deaths from the earthquake.<\/p>\n

A close friend and her daughter are injured today and lost everything, as the building where they lived, Torre Latinoamericana, collapsed completely (see photo below).<\/p>\n

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On the road that connects Mexico City with Cuernavaca, which I have traveled on countless occasions by car and bus, a bridge collapsed, the pavement opened and giant stones fell.<\/p>\n

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There are several videos circulating, which show the falling of buildings in Mexico City these are the ones that shocked me the most.<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlmaAyon\/status\/910284682322997249<\/a><\/p>\n

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Earthquake in M\u00e9xico -buildings falling #worldnews<\/a> #news<\/a> #eathquake<\/a> #EarthquakeinMexico<\/a> #mexico<\/a> #noticias<\/a> #terremotocdmx<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/y8I77EEYLi<\/a><\/p>\n

— Alma Ayon (@AlmaAyon) September 19, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n