The volunteers set up a command center in a gazebo near the crumbled town hall, and Escandon organized them into groups. Some of the worst devastation from Tuesday’s magnitude 7.1 earthquake was in Jojutla, a rural town of 57,000 residents in the state of Morelos. But as volunteers set up in Jojutla, people lined up for hot meals, groceries and medical attention. Jimenez slept under a tarp on a mattress in front of her neighbor’s house just across the street. Unable to bring herself to leave the area, Ramirez, 49, slept at the neighbor’s house with Jimenez.
