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Latest update: 07/04/2009
Italy Quake Update
On Tuesday, Prime Minister flew over L'Aquila.... where Italian rescuers are continuing to search for survivors under buildings wrecked by a devastating earthquake which killed over 200 people
Survivors spent the night in their cars...or one of several tents camps erected in the city...
Many…are still under shock...
SOT child
"I couldn' sleep last night, I was too scared to...."
Over 200 people died and thousands were injured during Monday's earthquake...
Tens of thousands were left homeless
SOT resident
"That's all that is left...this right here, that's it...."
Emergency crews handed out blankets, food and water....
In a press conference on Tuesday.... Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said everything was in place to take care of the survivors
And that rescue effort would continue for another 48 hours...
SOT BERLUSCONI
"150 people have already been pulled out from the rubble. its positive fact that needs to be underscored rescue operations will continue for another 48 hours. FLASH they will be called off when it is certain theres are no more survivors"
The latest success story among the devastation: A 98 year old woman was pulled from the rubble some 30 hours after the quake shook the area....







