Father and daughter survived a 13th floor fall...

This picture shows a building, in Concepcion, that collapsed completely during the earthquake. Alberto Rozas was in his apartment on the 13th floor when he felt the earthquake. He grabbed his 7 year old daughter and decided to stay under the bathroom door frame, until the earthquake was over. But instead, they fell, together with the building which was falling like a tree would fall.
They never stopped hugging each other while falling. The father says he didn't know which was the way up, until he saw some light coming through the destroyed apartment window: "there was light, the light from the full moon". Alberto and his daughter Fernanda climbed up and got out through the rubble with only some bruises, cuts, and scratches. A real miracle!

Their neighbours weren't as lucky, though. They were trapped under the building structure. Today, firefighters were still trying to rescue about 60 people still trapped in the building. The rescue teams have been working, non stop, trying to break the concrete with electric saws and mechanical hammers. "We don't have specialised listening devices or cameras", said one of the firefighters working in the rescue operation.

And the Chilean president kept on saying we didn't need help...???

Chilean firefighters in Chile are not paid. They are all volunteers. Great people. I have seen them working all over the place...

Here you can see a firefighter in charge of supplying much needed water...