Will Atkins-A World in Pictures

         



  

Where are you sleeping tonight? Where are your parents? Who can help you?

          I bet you know the answers to all of these questions. Unfortunately, the people in this photograph might now know the answers to these questions. Think about that for a second. All of this occurred in the matter of a few minutes. A few minutes to turn your life upside down. A few minutes to destroy everything you love.

          This is what occurred when an earthquake with a magnitude of 7 rocked Chala, Peru, all the way to the ground. What were you doing at 11:42 a.m. on September 25? Were you eating? Doing some class work? Because in Chala, they were watching their houses crumble to the ground. All in the matter of a few minutes.