we begin with breaking news on the massive earthquake hours ago in mexico. here is the moment it struck in mexico city, frightened workers riding out the quake. and the building is rocking. one person said we didn t know whether to run or fall on the floor. out on the streets, mothers comforted their children until the quake passed. it seemed forever as a highway bridge was no match for the quake. a car was pulverized. the epicenter of the quake was 115 miles outside the beach resort of acapulco, and thousands of american travelers are in the quake zone there. one of them, the president s oldest daughter, malia, and the white house weighed in on that today. as abc s david wright tells us about the moment of impact. reporter: the powerful quake hit around noon local time. a violent shaking motion. reporter: people felt it all the way to mexico city. abc s jose cohen is there. as you can see, people are afraid to go back in afraid of replicas. and people are afraid. r
from abc news, this is abc world news with diane sawyer. good evening. we begin with breaking news on the massive earthquake hours ago in mexico. here is the moment it struck in mexico city, frightened workers frieding out the quake. one person said we didn t know whether to run or fall on the floor. out on the streets, mothers comforted their children until the quake passed. it seemed forever as a highway bridge was no match for the quake. a car was pulverized. the epicenter of the quake was 115 miles outside the beach resort of acapulco and thousands of american travelers are in the quake zone there. one of them, the president s oldest daughter and the white house weighed in on that today. as abc s david wright tells us about the moment of impact. reporter: the powerful quake hit around noon local time. a violent shaking motion. horrible, horrible. reporter: people felt it all the way to mexico city. abc s jose cohen is there. as you can see, people are afraid t
world news with diane sawyer. good evening. we begin with breaking news on the massive earthquake hours ago in mexico. here is the moment it struck in mexico city, frightened workers frieding out the quake. one person said we didn t know whether to run or fall on the floor. out on the streets, mothers comforted their children until the quake passed. it seemed forever as a highway bridge was no match for the quake. a car was pulverized. the epicenter of the quake was 115 miles outside the beach resort of acapulco and thousands of american travelers are in the quake zone there. one of them, the president s oldest daughter and the white house weighed in on that today. as abc s david wright tells us about the moment of impact. reporter: the powerful quake hit around noon local time. a violent shaking motion. horrible, horrible. reporter: people felt it all the way to mexico city. abc s jose cohen is there. as you can see, people are afraid to go back in afraid of re