There are no children left in the rubble of the elementary school that collapsed during Tuesday’s deadly earthquake in Mexico, the nation’s Navy said…
There are no children left in the rubble of the elementary school that collapsed during Tuesday’s deadly earthquake in Mexico, the nation’s Navy said Thursday.
Rescue work at the Enrique Rebsamen school, where at least 19 children and five adults were killed — captured international attention in part because of a 12-year-old girl who was discovered alive and who had been pinned beneath the rubble for more than 48 hours.
The condition of the girl, who has not been identified, was not immediately clear.
Worker Vladimir Navarro reported Thursday morning that rescuers were “just meters away from getting to the children,” but work was slow-going because they had to shore up what remained of the school so it would not collapse further on the five children believed to be inside.
The sight of the girl wiggling her fingers Wednesday became a symbol of the hope that drove thousands to dig through wrecked buildings looking for survivors of the magnitude-7.1 quake that killed at least 250 people.
At least 11 students have been rescued at the school.
The body of a 58-year-old woman was pulled from the debris Thursday morning, marking the school’s latest fatality.
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