Rescue Worker Tries to Calm Woman Buried Under Rubble in Capodacqua

Rescue workers searched among debris in the rural town of Capodacqua on Wednesday, August 24, after an earthquake that struck central Italy devastated the town. Italy’s State Forestry Corp released this video showing a rescue worker trying to calm a woman who had been trapped under the rubble of her home. She was later rescued and taken to hospital in Ascoli Piceno.

The quake, which struck in the early hours of Wednesday morning while many were still asleep, left dozens of people dead and over a hundred missing, according to Il Giornale.

Aerial photographs released be emergency services show the widespread destruction in the town of Amatrice, about 100 km northwest of Capodacqua.

Sergio Pirozzi, Mayor of Amatrice, told state broadcaster RAI that “three quarters of the town is not there any more.”

Italy’s earthquake institute INGV registered the quake at 6.0 and reported its epicenter near Accumoli and Amatrice, two of the hardest hit towns. The US Geological Survey measured the quake at 6.2 magnitude, and said it struck closer to Norcia, in southeastern Umbria. Credit: Twitter/Corpo Forestale