Brazilians report the consequences of the earthquake in Marrakech
The journalist Gilberto Ferreira was in Marrakesh on business. He and other Brazilians were in the hotel at the time of the earthquake.
“At first I thought it was a plane accident because it is near the airport and there are several planes flying by all the time and I couldn’t understand anything because many people were speaking in Arabic and many were crying. Someone came by and said in English that it was an earthquake. The whole thing took about 40 to 45 seconds at most. (…) what we experienced was something apocalyptic,” he said.
Businesswoman Teresa lives in Morocco, but in a region far from the center of Marrakesh where the earthquake was not as destructive.
“People who are homeless sleep outside their homes in the open air here. They’re camped here, whole families,” Teresa said.
1 of 1 Marrakech, Morocco, after the destruction caused by an earthquake. — Photo: Reproduction/Fantastic Marrakesh in Morocco after the destruction caused by an earthquake. — Photo: Reproduction/Fantastic
The two sent Fantástico notes they had made over the days after the earthquake. Gilberto recorded just moments after the shock. The place where the UNESCO congress in which he attended was taking place began to shake: “The wall completely gave way,” he reported.
In the full report you will also see:
- Gilberto finds and displays points where destruction was complete. “The roof could collapse at any moment where we are,” he said;
- Medical authorities improvised a Blood drive outdoors;
- Teresa shows that Impact on one of the regions of Marrakesh most frequented by foreigners: “A city full of tourists, today it’s practically a ghost.”
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