Three tiny, dust-covered toes, poking through the broken iron rods in a mound of rubble offered a glimmer ... was trapped by a giant, concrete slab as his home pancaked and crumbled when a 7.8 ...

the pile remained and the council directed staff to study the impacts of removing the heap or allowing the developer to crush the concrete on-site. Now, nearly two years later, the heap of rubble ...

When buildings crumble after an earthquake or tornado, first responders have a few precious hours to locate people trapped under concrete ... are beamed on a pile of rubble, which is like "shining ...