• 2 days ago
A construction worker tells AFP how he cheated death when a 30-storey Bangkok skyscraper collapsed in mere seconds after a massive earthquake hit Myanmar and Thailand. Burmese worker Khin Aung, who is searching for his brother, is one of many tearful family members gathering at the remains of the crumbled building, clinging to shreds of hope that their loved ones who were working when it fell might be found alive.
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00:00We want to thank all of you who have helped us.
00:20We want to thank all of you who have helped us.
00:58We have a lot of people in the village.
01:05I've been here for a long time, but I've never seen this much.
01:08It's a lot of work to make this.
01:12I'm not going to do it.
01:14I'm going to make it.
01:16I'm going to make it.
01:22I'm going to make it.
01:24I'm going to make it.
01:58I don't know.

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