the past five days. we call it our friday rewind. this week we had the quake, the campaign, the cold weather and the dancers who are hot under the collar. it is such a telescoped mess. peering through the cracks in the debris, the cracks between the slabs of the five story buildings. taking away people s right to peacefully assemble in this country. you know this its really outrageous. herman cain will put united back in the united states of america. are they going for the pro-emphysema vote here? have you been watching the gop debates? i m going to wait until everybody is voted off the island. do you think dr. murray is greedy? no. if this man had been greedy, excuse me, judge, he never would have come to an area, community, 75% of them poor. i don t know whose idea it was, but we decided to kill ourselves because it was it was so horrendous what was
reporter: it hit just after lunchtime. the walls shook. thousand panicking rushed into the streets. many couldn t get out in time. at the epicenter rescue crews picked through the piles of rubble several stories high. they pulled survivors from the twisted debris with their bare hands. we went to all the hospitals but haven t been able to find our friend. i pray to god our friends have survived, he said. reporter: anguish was visible across a region stretching hundreds of miles. this reporter was at the epicenter. reporter: it was such a telescoped mess. peering through the cracks in the debris, the cracks between the slabs of the five-story buildings. reporter: in ercis, the town hardest hit, 55 miles north of the epicenter, at least 80 buildings have collapsed. turkish officials fear the death toll could climb far higher as reports come in from remote villages across the iranian border.