Holy shit, that was gruesome: > Those people who could walk were instructed to leave the hotel to simplify the rescue effort; those mortally injured were told

Holy shit, that was gruesome: > Those people who could walk were instructed to leave the hotel to simplify the rescue effort; those mortally injured were told they were going to die and given morphine. Often, rescuers had to dismember bodies in order to reach survivors among the wreckage. One victim's right leg was trapped under an I-beam and had to be amputated by a surgeon, a task which was completed with a chain saw. (Also, how do you format a quotation on HN??)