Mexico City recalls quake of 1985
MEXICO CITY — The sun had just risen as a 70-year-old woman, alone beside a 100-foot cement slab that was once the base of an eight-story apartment building, lit the candles she had placed beside her walking cane and a bouquet of flowers.
She made sure the wicks were aglow by 7:19 a.m. Monday, the moment sirens blared across the city to mark exactly 20 years since residents were shaken from their beds by an earthquake that claimed an estimated 10,000 lives.
Many more people were left injured, homeless and fighting for survival in the dusty hell that followed.
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