Lucky 13 in Chile quake

Telegraph:

When their 13th-floor apartment began to shake, Alberto Rozas pulled his 7-year-old daughter Fernanda into the bathroom doorway and waited for it to stop.

But as their brand-new apartment building toppled like a felled tree, the pair plummeted, hugging each other all the way down.

Mr Rozas had no idea which way was up until he looked through his apartment's shattered window and spotted light - "the light of the full moon".

Rozas and his daughter, Fernanda, clambered up and to safety with nothing more than a few cuts, scrapes and bruises.

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Apparently there were other survivors in the toppled building, although rescuers had to cut their way into their apartments to find them. They had a very fortunate ride down 13 floors without and elevator.

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