We were afraid to go back up (in the building) because of the aftershocks, if there is one, the building might fall on us, Galindo, accompanied by his step daughter Regina Garcia, told Efe. On the rubble that still remains there are several wreaths of white flowers that people placed in remembrance of those who died. These figures, however, exclude a large number of people sleeping on the street.IANSahm/Post Source: Ians feed.Merced Silva slept Monday night in a van, along with her husband and three daughters.
The neighbourhood where Galindo lives was already affected once by the powerful earthquake in 1985.Mexico City, Sep 27 (IANS) A week after the powerful earthquake hit central and southe Mexico, many residents of the capital Mexico City on Tuesday still remain homeless on the streets, not knowing where to go and fearing possible burglaries of the cream jar Wholesalers belongings they abandoned in their houses.At the shelter, I do not feel at ease, we are going to look for where we can go, I do not know where it will be, said Silva, who moved from Pinotepa Nacional town in the southe region of Oaxaca to live in the Mexico City nine years ago.However, his family refused to move away from the vicinity of the building they lived in, saying that despite its bad condition, there might be strange people stealing their possessions. We do not even know where we are going to live, said Regina, 15.Her three daughters four, five and seven years old who were playing on a step with some stuffed toys given to them by volunteers, said they miss their home.
According to official figures, about 25,000 people have taken refuge in shelters provided by the Ministry of Social Development. They used to live in a seven-storey building in the Santa Cruz Atoyac neighbourhood, which was left damaged by the 7.Only a couple of blocks away, an apartment building collapsed completely.Many people want to retu, but where are you going to go back to? said Silva.However, Silva has not dared to retu home since the quake struck the city although the cosmetic products she sold for a living were all left there.Mexican authorities recorded a total of 38 collapsed buildings and a death toll of 194 in the countrys capital, out of 333 deaths nationwide.They do not say anything, we do not know what they are going to do, where they are going to send us.After the September 19 tremor the authorities, again, came to review their home.1-magnitude quake on September 19, reports Efe news.Javier Galindo was also among those taking refuge in vans and set-up sleeping tents. According to Galindo, the authorities reviewed their home after the quake and they said it was still habitable。