reporter: hi, everybody, rick folbaum in the control room, a lot of new stories we re working on including a story about a killer quake where dozens are dead, including an entire family. more than 150 people are wounded. we ll take you there to the devastation. also, staten island still reeling from sandy, now having to dig out after that nor easter. we ll talk live, rather, to a local official to see if people are getting the help that they need. agree and the countdown til election day is over, but that debt clock keeps on ticking. a major selloff on wall street yesterday, we re inching closer to the fiscal cliff. what s going to happen? we ll talk about that. all of that and breaking news as the second hour of happening now starts right now.
killer quake. this amateur video shot by a rescue worker captures the drama, the hope. late tuesday a welcome triumph. a woman had been kept alive with small sips of water freed from the ruins of this collapsed building. it was a much needed boost for a devastated city. more than 75 people are confirmed dead. 300 others still missing. we just had one niece that s not accounted for. how old is she? 25. hampering rescue efforts violent tremors continue to rock the city. the monster 6.3 quake struck without warning at busy lunchtime. streets crowded with office workers and tourists. often it seemed living or dying came down to chance.
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neighbors, navy marines and police used megaphones to ask the townspeople to go home, assuring them there was no danger. chile s defense ministry is now accusing the navy of failing to warn citizens about the tsunami threat, thereby costing hundreds of lives, but in talcahuano, nobody died. they learned their lessons from a killer quake in 1960. the inhabitants say it s because they followed their instincts and listened to the experience of their fathers and forefathers that they survived. they say if they had listened to the authorities and returned to their homes, hundreds would now be dead. the entire town ran to high ground and is now camped out here. groups of women take turns cooking for the whole community. look at the time, this is the first time we ve eaten since we had bread and tea a day ago, she
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