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There was the Big EARTHQUAKE of 1963 |
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stories
7.? on the Richter Scale A chance to rebuild to start over A time of incredible loss It could happen again (there were 2 quakes not so far away during her stay) Always sense of unease. The changes run deep. There is no terra firma. The clock stopped and time suspended for everyone in Skopje at that moment: June ?, 1963 5:17 A.M. People who had been there told her their story - The 3 young art students just
graduated 2 saying goodbye to their colleague - she was off to Paris the
next day - one woke up under his portfolios of artwork, the other ... A young boy was with his Uncle ready to buy train tickets to Prilep at the station - the boy waited outside the first tremor came - part of a wall of the train staion collapsed - a group of soldiers were nearby - one soldier came and picked up the boy and moved him to a safe spot in the parking area - the soldier went back into the train station - the earthquake struck - the train station collapsed - his uncle searched for him to no avail and went home- his family thought he died- until he managed to make his way back home through the rubble - he never found out what happened to the soldier who saved his life. |
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