1985 Mexico City Earthquake
“The quake, which struck on Mexico’s Pacific coast, exposed a crippling ineptitude in the response of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI. The government seemed unprepared and unable to organize itself to respond to the quake, so ordinary people did it themselves.”
Read more at the La Plaza
See photos from this year’s city-wide drill via CNN Mexico
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My father was as old I am now when he saw
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I saw the most touching interview recently, that a few volunteers from Mexico went to help the recovery efforts in Japan…… Because “Japanese Brothers” had come to their aid after the quake in 1985
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