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Earthquake on West Sumatra - the aftermath.

Submitted by Thomas on November 11, 2009 – 12:31 amNo Comment

“An earthquake achieves what the law promises but does not in practice maintain — the equality of all men” Ignazio Silon

More than 1,100 people died.

Hundreds of thousands of buildings were severely damaged.

Many lives changed forever.

This is an epilogue of destruction and a prologue to life.

Text and images by Rony Zakaria.

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