More than 300 children were studying in their classrooms at a Mexico City private school when the earth started violently shaking. By Wednesday morning, rescuers had carried out at least 25 bodies from a pancaked building on the campus of Enrique Rebsamen school on Mexico City’s south side. Dozens of buildings collapsed across central Mexico, including large office buildings and apartment towers in Mexico City. Adrian Mercado, 66, who lives six blocks from the school, got up at 4 a.m. Wednesday and brought rescuers 400 breakfast tortas. The work continued through the night as pickup trucks loaded with volunteer rescuers with shovels and pickaxes sped through the darkened streets of the capital.

Source: Los Angeles Times September 20, 2017 17:07 UTC