... Gabriela, a mother and emergency medical technician, rushed to help search for survivors in a collapsed primary school. “That day never ended. That one day turned into a week …. All that (Red Cross) training, I used every bit.”
She remembers how the parents of a kindergarten-age boy watched in horror as she worked to save his life. The boy survived.
Gabriela was one of more than 7,000 Mexican Red Cross volunteers involved in search and rescue efforts after earthquake. Photo: American Red Cross/Daniel Cima
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