Interview - Survicor of Earthquake in Chile 2010 Interview: - Good morning, so could you tell me what your name is? - My name is Veronica and I am a survivor of the 2010 earthquake in Chile - Can you tell me where you live now? - Now I live in U.S. I had to leave my country Chile because I had nothing, even the company where I worked was totally destroyed, I had to emigrate to another country to start my life again - Could you tell me about the conditions where you are now? - I lost my job, many friends and family, things in which he had invested a lot of money, and left me with nothing. I travel to the United States , and I started again, now I have a new job and I'm living with my family here , the beginning was very difficult, but now we are much better now - Could you describe us what you were doing in the moment of the earthquake? - On Saturday February 27th I was in a nightclub with two friends , when I suddenly saw my vessel began to move , and then everything started shaking and there began the chaos . You could see forgive screaming, crying and running around . - Thank God , I was close to the start of an emergency, and got out safely . - Do you remember what point you realized that everything would be ok? - yes, that was when I left the club , we finally could breathe and calm - I was wondering how you felt, how people felt around you. - Only one word can describe what we felt at the time: anguish - Could you describe us how the aftershock was? If it could be pretty intense? - It was very shocking and horrible experience that moment for me after I leaved the club , I saw everything destroyed , many people looking for their relatives , people dead on the floor , many people scared by the aftershocks , everything was horrible. And after that I thought, if I had not been close to the emergency exit , I would be dead now. - Can you remember if you walked through a plan or if you drill an evacuation in your community? - when the earthquake happened , I put it near a column and walked away from glass windows and windows and out the emergency door. But many people simply were running without knowing what to do - Would you tell us what the difference before and after of Valparaiso is? - Before February 2010, Valparaiso was a city in growth, economic stability , but after the earthquake , many people had to start again, we had no electricity or water , but thanks to the help of many supportive countries , Valparaiso is now reborn again and again it will be even better than it was before.