Mom Says It ‘Seems Impossible’ That Her Son Will Be Found Alive After Boarding School Collapse as Death Toll Keeps Rising

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The Al Khoziny Islamic Boarding School, located in Sidoarjo, which is about 485 miles east of the country's capital, crumbled on Monday, Sept. 29. By Friday, Oct. 3, the death toll increased to 10 as emergency workers continued searching for the dozens of missing students. Speaking with Reuters for a story published on Friday, Oct. 3, Jayanti Mandasari said that she talked to her son, M. Muhfi Alfian, before the collapse on Monday. Speaking with the AP about surviving the collapse, Rizalul Qoib said that he was praying when he "felt the floor sharking." Many of those trapped were believed to be boys aged between 12 and 17, Sky News previously reported.