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Colombia woman's earthquake survival story gives son a birthday to remember
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By Nelson BocanegraPEREIRA, Colombia, Aug 12 (Reuters) - When Julio Cesar Largo's daughter failed to show up for her son's birthday celebration, his worst fears took hold.
On the same day, a powerful earthquake had ripped through a large part of Colombia.
Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementLargo hoped his daughter, 32-year-old Daniela, had simply been delayed on the bus ride home to Riosucio, a town in Caldas province in western Colombia.
People who saw it told them they had seen Daniela on the morning of the earthquake.
Instead, Daniela spent nearly 38 hours trapped beneath slabs of concrete after the four-story building she was in pancaked to the ground.