This one measuring 5.4 brought fear to an already traumatized population and greater
danger to those working through what is already damaged. And what damage? This is Pascara del
Toronto. These images are of destruction on such a scale which makes them almost impossible to take
in. On the ground it still seems unreal and yet a closer look gives a glimpse into the lives which
were lived here. There are moments of joy like when this worker shouted that he thought there was a
child and called for silence. They carefully begin to inch her out from the rubble and she has been
trapped in for 15 hours. She is 10 years old and pulled out alive.
No, no sign of people alive now.
The earthquake struck in the dead of night. There was no time to react.
At 6.2 magnitude it was powerful enough to jolt people awake 100 miles away in Rome.
In this mountainous central region of Italy the earthquake hit several towns but here in Amatrice
the devastation was worst. Ancient buildings and churches destroyed, cars crushed. The town center
now a pile of rubble, rocks and twisted metal blocking these once idyllic streets,
even part of the hospital now gone. In Rome this morning Pope Francis prayed for the victims
of today's tragedy, hearing that there are children among the victims he says,
I am deeply saddened. The buildings may one day be rebuilt but life here has been shattered.
Don't try to stop us.
You can't.
The fraction of fantasy, desert, too dangerous,
even the cemetery is destroyed.
For years I've been living here,
for years I've been playing this game,
I want it so much, I want it so much.
How can you forget?
It's impossible.
Although it's difficult to be here,
You
