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The sight of the tilting skyscraper, its balconies sheared off and its internal steel reinforcements snapped like toothpicks, has become the grim symbol of this disaster. Air conditioning units hang by frayed wires from cracked exterior walls, and the streets below are choked with a thick layer of pulverized brick and glass, making the movement of heavy rescue machinery a logistical nightmare.
The human cost of the seismic shift was immediate and heartbreaking. Emergency services have confirmed multiple fatalities in the initial hours following the quake, with the death toll expected to rise as search-and-rescue teams penetrate the “void spaces” of collapsed structures.
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