Agadir Earthquake - Part 4: Rescue, chaos, and the struggle to account for the dead.

Morning revealed the true scale of Agadir’s destruction. Survivors emerged into streets filled with broken stone, dust, and silence. The normal rhythms of city life had been erased.The first priority was survival—finding family, neighbors, and anyone who might be trapped. Rescue lines formed from whoever was able: soldiers, police, municipal workers, and ordinary civilians. But the city’s roads were blocked, and its wounded far outnumbered the help available. The wreckage was not just physical. Communications had failed.Learn more at: https://thedisasterarchive.com/disaster/agadir-earthquake

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