(8 Sep 1999) Greek/Nat
The search continues in Greece for victims of a deadly earthquake.
The death toll from the magnitude five-point-nine quake in Athens has climbed to at least 36, with dozens more missing.
Rescue teams are working to find people trapped in dozens of toppled buildings.
Thousands of quake-shocked residents are afraid to return to their homes and slept outside.
The number of missing isn't clear, but state media say rescue crews are trying to free 84 people trapped in 28 flattened apartment buildings or factories.
An estimated 31 workers are missing in a collapsed foam products
factory north of the city.
SOUNDBITE: (Greece)
"We tried to comfort her, we needed to speak to her and she was saying please get me out of here, I cannot stand anymore. Where are my children, but we said to her , don't worry we will get you out of here. It was a very delicate operation, you have to dig in stone by stone. "
SUPER CAPTION: Seraphim Nikkas, Fireman who rescued 7 people in , Kalamata earthquake ten years ago - local hero
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