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“I thought it was the end of the world,” – Marcos Cevallos
Jama, Ecuador – When people share their stories of the 7.8 earthquake that struck 10 months ago, many use the same description as Marcos: “I thought it was the end of the world.”
With no electricity, there were few options for connecting the desecrated zones with the outside world. Many kept cyber vigils in hopes of gleaning tidbits of information and passing that information to others. News reports illustrated the devastation and provided interviews with people who survived the terremoto. Many people from around the world met Marcos via the following news clip, beginning at minute 2:20: Continue reading
