‘Happy Hostel,’ apartment walls, crash onto Chilean chapel

By Andrew Ford | Published: February 28, 2010
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A chapel was turned into rubble in Santiago, Chile during the earthquake Saturday morning. The resident of the second floor apartment showed the room off to friends and appeared at ease Saturday afternoon, happy to have escaped the earthquake with her life, despite her wall toppling. The death toll rose past 700 Saturday evening as workers sought to rescue more residents.
The country will distribute food and aid to the hardest hit areas, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet announced Saturday afternoon.

Barefootford.com - Neighbors and residents look in disbelief at an apartment building who's wall was shaken off during Saturday morning's earthquake.

Barefootford.com

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3 Comments

  1. Will
    Posted February 28, 2010 at 10:13 pm | Permalink

    Excellent pictures man, glad to be able to read/view your updates on here still.

  2. Steve
    Posted April 9, 2010 at 2:19 pm | Permalink

    Wow, those are good pictures. It looks like it will take some work to clean up.

  3. Hostels
    Posted January 19, 2011 at 7:25 am | Permalink

    How is this hostel now? Do you have any updates?

    Casa Maria

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