On Monday April 6th, in L'Aquila, central Italy, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck the city. It occurred in the middle of the night and its intensity was said to be extreme. 290 people are presumed dead and tens of thousands are left homeless. The death toll is on the rise. This quake was said to have lasted several minutes. The damage took a large toll on the area because it is an old Medieval town, and buildings were ancient. There was a residence of students in the town, and their building had been crushed. It is not noted how many students were actually present in the building at the time, but their is certainty that some of them did not make it out alive from the earthquake. Natural disasters are something in which we cannot control. One day everything can be so peaceful, and life can seem so calm and the next minute, with literally one blink of an eye everything can change. Mother nature works in such mysterious ways. I'm actually half Italian, and half Jamaican, and my town Frosinone is close to L'Aquila. I haven't heard anything bad yet, but all i can do is pray. Pray for the lives lost, and everyone affected in any way shape or form by this natural disaster.
-Tina
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