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Word: berumen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Wallace, a worker in a local paper plant, shinnied up a tree to reach the fallen highway. He saw two women dead in a flattened auto. Then he heard "one little whimper" from the backseat. Pinned beneath a slab of concrete and the body of his mother was Julio Berumen, 6. His less seriously injured sister, Cathy, 8, also lay there. For nearly an hour, Wallace struggled to free the boy. Once he felt movement. "But it turned out it was just the clothing sliding from his body...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Earthquake | 10/30/1989 | See Source »

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