My Uncle

Jose V.

Period 1

May 11, 2012 

My Uncle 

       In Wikipedia the author stated ” The 1985 Mexico City earthquake, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake that struck Mexico City on the early morning of 19 September 1985 at around 7:19 am (CST), caused the deaths of at least 10,000 people and serious damage to the greater Mexico City Area” (Mexico City 1985 wiki). My uncle told me it started of as a regular morning until all of a sudden he felt the ground shake. At first he thought he was drunk but he remembered he didn’t drink that day. “The event caused between three and four billion USD in damage as 412 buildings collapsed and another 3,124 were seriously damaged in the city” (Mexico City 1985 wiki).  My uncle told me that he went with his uncle to see how the city was affected by the earthquake he said he saw many thing that give him nightmares to this day. He told me that he saw many bodies just lying on the floor. He also said he saw many building laid to rust buildings and offices that once stood tall laid on the floor. He said that he wished that he had never seen all that he saw that even today when he feels a shake on the ground he gets frightened and remembers the day 19 of September 1985.   

Work Cited

Wikipidea.com.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Mexico_City_earth-

    quake.wiki.web.April 4,2012