"Rescue workers spent a cold, rainy night pulling survivors from the wreckage caused by a powerful earthquake that struck Christchurch, New Zealand’s second largest city, early Tuesday afternoon, killing at least 75 people." It was a busy work day when the 6.3 earthquake hit Christchurch. “ 'We’ve been pulling 20 or 30 people out of those buildings right throughout the night,' Superintendent Gibson said." Many people say that the reaction to the earthquake was as if the world was ending. "People said they watched the spire of the landmark ChristChurch Cathedral come crashing down during an aftershock. One witness called it 'the most frightening thing of my entire life,' and television video showed a person clinging to a window in the steeple."
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