Nothing happened in the next few hours. My family and I were safe and our house was still standing. We watched the news and it was reported an earthquake had occurred and its epicentre was very close to Muzzafarabad. We felt very lucky to be in the city of Kashmir. We watched the incident in the city and thought that what we had was just the slightest taste of the earthquake in Muzzafarabad. Having that thought, I quickly volunteered in a rescue team to help those helpless victims.
I arrived in the cloudy city of Muzzafarabad with a few other volunteer workers in the team. As I stepped out the jeep, the view I had was far beyond the ones shown on television. I saw the city turned into ruins with building collapsed to the ground, roads were disaligned and people panicking. Many people tried to help out the victims who were trapped under the rubble and big chunks of rocks. Quickly, my team and I get to work.
After hours of digging and removing huge boulders, we found a few survivors. They were quickly given water and checked for medical attention. The survivors were reunited with their relatives, and to see them with happiness and joy was an enough reward for me. However, not everyone had a happy ending. We also found bodies of those who didn’t make it through the earthquake. I felt horrible when I saw the tears from the people who cried for their lost.
But, I didn’t give my hopes up though. Seeing this tragedy motivated me to work even harder to find more survivors. Day turned to night and my rescue team and I decided to call it a day and went home. As I was leaving, I saw many people who were still helping on rescuing the victims. We admire their strength and determination and decided to come again the next day. On the next morning, I arrived surprisingly with more volunteer workers. I was glad to see them because I know that we could “dig out” more survivors.
More rescue teams from other countries had arrived today like the U.S., U.K., Australia and many others. Although, we could use some more help from everyone else, anything from clothes, food or even money. So, please contribute because we can use as much help as we can get.
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