We definitely feel lucky, but we also, you know, cant really believe that we happen to be there for their biggest earthquake in 120 years. San francisco residents caught in the chaos of a deadly earthquake in morocco are making their way home tonight as the country begins three days of national mourning. Thank you for joining us. Im j. R stone. We start with the latest on the rescue efforts underway in morocco. The death toll stands at more than 2000 victims as a result of the 6. 8 magnitude quake which struck friday night. Thousands more have been injured, many terrified moroccans are spending the night on the street, too afraid to return to their homes. The epicenter was not far from popular tourist hub marrakesh, where the Historic Sites a number of them have been damaged. But the hardest hit areas are those nearest to the atlas mountains. A bay area family that was visiting morocco when the shaking began. Is sharing a frightening story about the quake. They tell abc seven News Repo
Reporter cornell bernard the quake Ready Training they learned growing up here helped to keep them calm. Its insanely beautiful. Its really an interesting mix of cultures. It was a dream moroccan vacation for my friends, the garnet Hunter Family from marin and San Francisco. But their last day visiting marrakesh was truly unforgettable. This was the terrifying moment. The 6. 8 magnitude quake struck morocco late friday night. It was the scariest earthquake ive ever lived through. Christina garnet and daughter natalie say they feared their three story hotel would collapse. So me and my mom are just looking at each other and then suddenly were like, we got to run to the door because weve been training for this. Our whole lives. Were from San Francisco. Weve lived through earthquakes, and we know about earthquakes. But theres still a few seconds where youre like kind of in disbelief. Many ran for safety from homes and restaurants. The epicenter, about 45 miles south of marrakesh, the heav
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