Word: bitancor
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Empty Arms. Gloria Bitancor, 35, who lost her five children, recalled that when the quake struck, "everybody was crying and shouting and warning of a tidal wave coming at us. I panicked and tried to gather all my five children into my arms. When the waves swept us out together with our house, I found that my arms were empty. I wanted to shout and curse my misery, but I had no more voice. It was then that I saw my little girl, her small fingers disappearing into the water, waving for help that never came...
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